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RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer
From: Rodrigo <rodrigo () rotanet com br>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:10:55 -0300 (BRT)
*curled in fetal position, hiding somenthing in his hands, starring at a white wall* "I am not telling ya. I am not telling ya. I am not telling ya. I am not...." Seriously, this comes up a lot in a php list I participate... When someone comes asking about cryptography or something of sorts, yeah he could use the info to do some naughty things, but he may also want to protect the system his programing... How do we know if the thing is legit before anwering? We dont. So if we always suspect and dont tell things, it will certainlly defeat the purpose of list, wouldnt it? Speacially at a security list. Just my 2 cents. Not that I want to start a discussion on this. Hell, no. ;) Rodrigo Del C. Andrade Curt Seeliger wrote: There's been a variety of helpful responses to the original request now. There are good reasons for doing what he wants to do, but (and I'm in no way impuning the original poster by asking this) there are some crummy reasons as well. How do any of you know this isn't part of a stalking, or background info for more social engineering, or yada? Near as I know, you don't. Sure, this is worst case scenario, but isn't paranoia part of the game? -----Original Message----- To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Hello! We have a security issue and need to know who is using a particular Yahoo user ID from within our company. We are about 90% certain of the person's identity. This user has been deleting his cookies and temp Internet files. We want to search his computer to see if Yahoo ID xxxx is somewhere on his computer. We know the Yahoo user ID - we just need to confirm that this person is using it. We don't want to contact Yahoo because we don't want to go down the legal road needed to get them to release the info. Any ideas? Thanks, --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating SSL VPNs' Consider NEOTERIS, chosen as leader by top analysts! The Gartner Group just put Neoteris in the top of its Magic Quadrant, while InStat has confirmed Neoteris as the leader in marketshare. Find out why, and see how you can get plug-n-play secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, server changes, or ongoing maintenance. Visit us at: http://www.neoteris.com/promos/sf-6-9.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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