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Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer


From: Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:31:31 +0200

On 2003-06-11 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.

Plus, digging into the user's privacy might (IANAL and I also don't know
about the company's policy) render the retrieved data unusable for legal
action.

Best regards
Ansgar Wiechers

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