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#133
03-21-2007, 06:08 PM
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Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
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Is there any punishment for this? What happens to the guy who actually got into his account? [/ QUOTE ] There will be no criminal charges filed. You can't very well go ask a D.A. to file charges for someone hacking into your online gaming account when the account itself is illegal if you are a U.S. citizen residing in the U.S. You'd get laughed at and maybe harassed. Right now all U.S. online players are doing so at our own risk. If we get ripped off we have no one we can go to. He'll be banned from Pokerstars and that's all. 
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#134
03-21-2007, 06:18 PM
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Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
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You can't very well go ask a D.A. to file charges for someone hacking into your online gaming account when the account itself is illegal if you are a U.S. citizen residing in the U.S. You'd get laughed at and maybe harassed. [/ QUOTE ] It never ceases to amaze me how often this mistruth is repeated.
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#135
03-21-2007, 07:36 PM
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Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
why doesn't someone just incorporate a 2 password system.
i.e. when you log in, you have to type in pw1 and pw2 at the same time. if you got either password wrong, you wouldn't log in, but you wouldn't know if you got pw1, pw2, or both wrong. wouldn't this make it exponentially harder to hack?
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#136
03-21-2007, 07:43 PM
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Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
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[ QUOTE ] You can't very well go ask a D.A. to file charges for someone hacking into your online gaming account when the account itself is illegal if you are a U.S. citizen residing in the U.S. You'd get laughed at and maybe harassed. [/ QUOTE ] It never ceases to amaze me how often this mistruth is repeated. [/ QUOTE ] Ya, I wouldn't be surprised if they would prosecute..Just because your activity is questionable doesn't mean stealing from that should be. A game was robbed at gunpoint (shots fired) in my hometown a couple years ago. Luckily I took that night off, anyway, the cops were called and they had no problem prosecuting the thieves and no charges were ever brought against anyone involved in the game, and if I remember correctly the money was even returned. I know its apples and oranges, but still.... http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=153022
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#137
03-21-2007, 08:02 PM
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Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
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[ QUOTE ] You can't very well go ask a D.A. to file charges for someone hacking into your online gaming account when the account itself is illegal if you are a U.S. citizen residing in the U.S. You'd get laughed at and maybe harassed. [/ QUOTE ] It never ceases to amaze me how often this mistruth is repeated. [/ QUOTE ] It would, however, not be in Greg's interest to have authorities alerted . I can already hear pro-ban politicians saying, "pokerstars couldn't even protect one of their highest profile players, how are they going to protect the average american?".
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#139
03-22-2007, 05:42 PM
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Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
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why doesn't someone just incorporate a 2 password system. i.e. when you log in, you have to type in pw1 and pw2 at the same time. if you got either password wrong, you wouldn't log in, but you wouldn't know if you got pw1, pw2, or both wrong. wouldn't this make it exponentially harder to hack? [/ QUOTE ] No. It's the same. It's just like having one password with a tab in the middle, innit? Guy.
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#140
03-22-2007, 07:42 PM
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Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
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why doesn't someone just incorporate a 2 password system. i.e. when you log in, you have to type in pw1 and pw2 at the same time. if you got either password wrong, you wouldn't log in, but you wouldn't know if you got pw1, pw2, or both wrong. wouldn't this make it exponentially harder to hack? [/ QUOTE ] Isn't this the same as having one password that is twice as long?
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