MASSIVE SECURITY HAZARD in Spore!
BastDawn:
Yes. (I had to log out as Ibis to complete the change, and I figured I might as well reboot completely.) So Spore keeps the name it knew at installation. But I'm happy with it that way, because "Ibis" is not the name the computer is registered under.
J. M. Pescado:
I have a few hunches on where it is stored at the moment, and have also made some progress is understanding the spyware components. Research is ongoing.
Mirelly:
Can someone explain to me why someone knowing my account's log-in name on my PC is dangerous to me?
I submit that 90% of Windoze users operate with a single account using the generic MS account name and with no password set. I was one of those until a few ago when I migrated from dial-up to DSL. At that point I realised that I needed additional levels of security and installed a firewall and began operating password protected user accounts.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Mirelly on 2008 June 21, 08:51:43
Can someone explain to me why someone knowing my account's log-in name on my PC is dangerous to me?
If your login name is not sensitive information, then you are relatively safe. However, a disturbing number of computers I have encountered actually contain the user's real name, which is highly sensitive information that should not be shared with the world, especially given that other information tends to be incidentally attached to it by IP. All in all, the fact that it transmits potentially sensitive information to the entire world is cause for concern.
Mirelly:
Ah, my computer's log-in name is my real name that my friends use to address me, but that name has no direct correlation with my "real" real name as found in government records and which I use only to notarise documents for the purposes of accepting liabilities and responsibilities.
I also have two signatures. One for official purposes and one for sundry purposes, for example signing for a delivery; I believe in plausible deniability ....
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