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Subject: i've been signed into someone elses profile!
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Posted by: smac
just wondering if this has ever has ever happened to you? 3 times now i have been signed into a complete strangers profile,
i always thought that automatic signing in worked through i.p address recognition, as i havent changed my i.p address i cant see what the problem is.

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  • 07.14.2007 8:32 AM PDT
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That happend to me too but just once.

  • 07.14.2007 8:34 AM PDT
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just wondering if this has ever has ever happened to you? 3 times now i have been signed into a complete strangers profile,
i always thought that automatic signing in worked through i.p address recognition, as i havent changed my i.p address i cant see what the problem is.

  • 07.14.2007 8:23 AM PDT
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yeah thats some crazy stuff.

  • 07.14.2007 8:55 AM PDT

Posted by: smac
just wondering if this has ever has ever happened to you? 3 times now i have been signed into a complete strangers profile,
i always thought that automatic signing in worked through i.p address recognition, as i havent changed my i.p address i cant see what the problem is.

I thought it was stored on your computer in a cookie, So windows would automatically fill in the fields for you.

  • 07.14.2007 9:41 AM PDT
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A cookie? >.<'

  • 07.14.2007 2:00 PM PDT
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you mean Like a favorit or something?

  • 07.14.2007 2:01 PM PDT
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You think it got what it takes to be..?.


God forbid you send me one of those I was checking for cool gamers and saw you messages too, I will scream to the top of my lungs and smash this damn screen/BlackBerry to pieces! You've been warned -_-

Posted by: halodude117
you mean Like a favorit or something?


No, cookie. Like how the Internet asks to delete cookies and items cached in your tools menu......

[Edited on 07.14.2007 2:20 PM PDT]

  • 07.14.2007 2:19 PM PDT
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Oh yeah I forgot about that duh... oh man I feel stupid now >.<'

  • 07.14.2007 9:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: halodude117
Oh yeah I forgot about that duh... oh man I feel stupid now >.<'
Now? I would have hung myself the first time I used that emoticon.

Cookies are used to store data on your machine, such as login info, to allow (slightly) more secure data transfer; each time you change the page, the server reloads the information from your machine, rather than transferring it about locally. While this opens the data up to interception, it is generally encrypted, rendering it useless to anyone but the intended receiver, who, presumably, has the data necessary for decryption.
WLID generates these cookies once you login; they store what ID you are using, and will only generate if you input the correct ID-and-password combination.
The 'save my name and password' option is retarded. I really mean that. It is the single, most pathetically stupid thing you can ever do. It saves your login info on the server, tagged with your IP. If you close your browser or otherwise disconnect from the Net without logging out of WLID first, someone else can easily log onto your account, so long as they know what they're doing.
What happened to smac, however, is a very curious bug indeed. I'd contact MS customer support with the details of each account you logged on to, as well as the account you were trying to log on to. Be sure it's actually MS before sending any passwords, though. As Recon noted, peoplez lie on teh Netterwebz.

  • 07.15.2007 4:36 PM PDT
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Same thing has happened to me twice, updating the screen or in any other way interacting with the site automatically bounced me back to my own again. So it was basically just the avatar and name that showed up wrong. Ive also had mod colored text while previewing some of my posts but never after theyve been posted.

  • 07.15.2007 8:48 PM PDT
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That is some weird stuff going on.

  • 07.20.2007 10:47 AM PDT