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[META] LiL-C--The Truth...Here..
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LiL-C
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 		[META] LiL-C--The Truth...Here..
Hi everyone you may know me as, LiL-C or, lil_c, or the punk hax0r kid in #beekeepers..I will now tell you exactly what happened how it happened. On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:23:39 -0700 (PDT) I sent an email to blogger support...the exact email was. (hi, i own the blog ilovebees but the email i use to use when i signed up for the blog was hacked...i also forgot my password while been caught up in all this mess. please help me thank you very much). I had no intentions of actually following up with anything else as this was a mear joke to see if they were dumb enough to realize i was just playing a joke. On August 3, 2004 1:23:36 AM I received a reply from them. The following email went as followed. (Hi there,

We wanted to let you know that we've received your support request. We
make every effort to respond quickly to all our users problems and
questions.

While you're waiting for us to respond, please check Blogger Status -
http://status.blogger.com/ - to see if anything's up with our system.

Also check Blogger Help - http://help.blogger.com/ - many common questions
are answered there.

Thanks for your patience,
Blogger Support)

So i thought to myself. Ok this is just an auto responder so no harm done ok. The next day I went to niagara falls with my dad. We had this planned for a few days now. I did not have internet access there although the was a few internet kiosk's but I didn't have time to use them. When i returned this morning I checked my email. I realized I had around 40 new emails. Usually I get around 10 every 3 days so this seemed a little strange. There was an email from blogger support at August 3, 2004 2:00:57 PM. The message went as followed (
| | | Inbox


Hi there,

I changed your userprofile to reflect the email address that you sent the
email with. After visiting the site below, please check your current
account to obtain your user information.

Please visit the following page to recover your username:
http://www.blogger.com/forgot.g

If the email from this page doesn't seem to arrive, you might check your
Spam folder in case the message got mis-routed.

If in the process of recovering your username you see the 'log into
Blogger' page, please see this Blogger Help article for information on how
to fix your browser's cookie settings:
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=654

You could also try logging in/recovering your username from a different
web browser - we recommend Mozilla Firefox:
http:mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Thanks,
Blogger Support).

Reading this blew my mind I never thought that this would actually work but it did. I then went to #beekeepers and was barbarded with questions asking (What did you did, why did you do it, anykind of questions you can think of) I was so scared. I didnt want none of this to happen. People telling me they knew who I was. Everything about me. To me thats kinda scarry. I had no intensions of doing anything bad and I'm very sorry for inconvience I caused all you and I promise it won't happen (on my behalf) again...


LiL-C

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:35 pm
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BoonIsha
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Joined: 31 Jul 2004
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 		its understandable how these things happen...still, why would you even try that if you didnt expect it to work? but whats done is done, just dont do something stupid like that again

boon

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:49 pm
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abysmal
Boot


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 15
Location: miami, fl

 		i guess curiousity always gets the best of people.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:53 pm
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LiL-C09
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 		i'm sorry, and trust me I plan on never doing something like that again...i didn't think blogger would be so dumb...

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:59 pm
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abysmal
Boot


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 15
Location: miami, fl

 		its ok.

it was an intersting thing to think of doing, though i don't know what you figured it really would accomplish. i'm actually suprised that it did happen. just a lil' weird i guess, thats all.

lets just hope to not see copycats or something like that, cause it could become a huge pain.

but yeah, no more! haha. Shocked Silly
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:03 pm
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babbler
Boot

Joined: 02 Aug 2004
Posts: 48

 		Well, there are worse ways to learn the lesson, I guess.

And it's a valuable lesson for all of us: just because it's called an Alternate Reality Game doesn't mean it doesn't take place in the real world. Every website, voicemail system, e-mail account and blog runs on top of some kind of infrastructure that isn't part of the game and must remain inviolate.

Although it's often a fine line between in-game and out-of-game acts, we're lucky enough to have a forum full of ARG vets who have been around the block and up to lover's leap with the fine folks putting on the Haunted Apiary. So, if you don't know if taking a particular act will go over the line, ask about it here. You may get trouted, but it's better than the alternative.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:19 pm
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nummy
Kilroy

Joined: 28 Jul 2004
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 		tisk...tisk...
you really are a curious little monkey.

No grudge here, thanks for the clarification, apology and the general cleansing of your mess. mischievious and responsible. Smile

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:00 pm
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strife777
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 		Just as a small note...if you have to question whether you should be doing something in an ARG, or have any question of whether its possibly bad...Don't do it. Just like real life. Smile

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:40 pm
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switch
Boot


Joined: 26 Jul 2004
Posts: 33
Location: #!/usr/bin/Detroit

 		Sorry for bumping an old(ish) thread, but has anyone made Blogger aware of the enormous lack of security on their site? Hell, if this worked once, who's to say someone with more nefarious intentions won't pounce on this?
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