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Alex Raptos
Caldari
Phoenix Rising.
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Posted - 2009.11.30 12:19:00 -
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 Originally by: floggar
And specifically to eve, You can honestly tell us that every person who has had thier account hacked has brought that upon themselves?
Considering all the possible methods for a "hacker" to obtain your username and password, i will have to answer Yes to that question.
The only ways to get hacked ultimately come down to end-user stupidity. Either they use the same Username and Password for everything, and another service they use gets infiltrated (Corp website). They visit a dodgy website through either intent (Buying isk/other services) or blind stupidity (Phishing emails). They then proceed to give said website their details not making sure it is a legitimate website, or allow said website to run a script or save an executable (Most commonly a duped Flash Player)
At the end of the Day, the user is compromising their own computer by being a stupid end-user. So yes, they bring it on themselves.
Originally by: Dirk Magnum
I've become gay for Mark Harmon despite my initial reservations about the show NCIS but nobody will ever know
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Alex Raptos
Caldari
Phoenix Rising.
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Posted - 2009.11.30 12:21:00 -
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Originally by: Ryoji Tanakama
Edited by: Ryoji Tanakama on 30/11/2009 12:15:13
Originally by: Akita T
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and do not let eve login remember your passwords.
You can't forget to do something that is impossible to do.
Tut tut Akita.
You can enable remembering of passwords in one of the config files.
I believe he was talking about the Eve Website, which remembers your details if you specify it to.
Originally by: Dirk Magnum
I've become gay for Mark Harmon despite my initial reservations about the show NCIS but nobody will ever know
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Alex Raptos
Caldari
Phoenix Rising.
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Posted - 2009.11.30 12:38:00 -
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Originally by: floggar
Edited by: floggar on 30/11/2009 12:28:57
Originally by: Alex Raptos
Originally by: floggar
And specifically to eve, You can honestly tell us that every person who has had thier account hacked has brought that upon themselves?
Considering all the possible methods for a "hacker" to obtain your username and password, i will have to answer Yes to that question.
The only ways to get hacked ultimately come down to end-user stupidity. Either they use the same Username and Password for everything, and another service they use gets infiltrated (Corp website). They visit a dodgy website through either intent (Buying isk/other services) or blind stupidity (Phishing emails). They then proceed to give said website their details not making sure it is a legitimate website, or allow said website to run a script or save an executable (Most commonly a duped Flash Player)
At the end of the Day, the user is compromising their own computer by being a stupid end-user. So yes, they bring it on themselves.
So just to be clear, if someone unknowingly visits a compromised website, its their fault? Also, how do you make sure a website is legitimate?
When I google wormhole so I can get some info there are many results. Please educate me on on to make sure these informative websites are legit?
Shall I write the webmaster and await their response before I read the content?
Congratulations, you are taking eve-related advice and taking it out of context to the entire internet.
But regarding your first point-
Checking the URL to make sure you are actually on the eve online website (If not, what the hell are you doing putting in your information?)
Not downloading anything they claim you need to run the website properly (I.e Flashplayer.exe, Java.exe are the most common two.) If you REALLY think you might need an update, get it from the source programs website (www.sunmicrosystems.com (Java) or www.adobe.com (Flash))
And lastly regarding illegitimate scripts, For firefox there is Noscript, i'm pretty damn sure there are other methods for different browsers aswell, if not, then you are still at fault for using an insecure browser 
Originally by: Dirk Magnum
I've become gay for Mark Harmon despite my initial reservations about the show NCIS but nobody will ever know
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Alex Raptos
Caldari
Phoenix Rising.
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Posted - 2009.11.30 15:07:00 -
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Originally by: Tiny Tove
To help the slow ones out a little more
Even game creators and THE POLICE think that the perpetrator of the crime is the one to bear the blame.
Maybe your "Victim bears the fault" would have been very appropriate in a 1970's **** trial, but the rest of us moved on into the 21st century and beyond.
Because computer Viruses and other Malicious actions are completely linear to ****. Yes indeed, being ****d is completely comparable to clicking "Yes" to a popup that claimed to be flash player but was not because you didn't download it from the creators website.
**** is completely comparable to using the same User Name and Password as your Game details for Corp Forums and Email accounts. Yes indeedy.
Originally by: Dirk Magnum
I've become gay for Mark Harmon despite my initial reservations about the show NCIS but nobody will ever know
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Alex Raptos
Caldari
Phoenix Rising.
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Posted - 2009.11.30 16:17:00 -
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Originally by: Tiny Tove
"He gave me his door key and gave me everything i needed to rob him while he was out"
Fixed your Analogy.
Originally by: Dirk Magnum
I've become gay for Mark Harmon despite my initial reservations about the show NCIS but nobody will ever know
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