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Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by FireBeyond on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:37PM (#12961982)
Yeah, I have a 500K number. I had a friend who was in the low 30Ks.

There was a sense in "pride" when you gave someone your number and they would say "Isn't there meant to be a few more numbers?"

Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by david-given on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @04:04PM (#12962199)
Bah, my ICQ number is 52M. I am impressed my credentials are still in my Pidgin setup, though. And that it still logs in.

I don't think I have ever received or sent any messages, or met anyone else who used it.

On the plus side, my Slashdot number is under 7000, so that validates my life a little, and OH GOD THE RESET PASSWORD LINK EMBEDS YOUR OLD PASSWORD IN THE RESET URL IN THE CLEAR I need to wash my brain out now...

Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by Romkinson on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:51PM (#12962094)
I had a 5-digit in low 20K at the time.

It was stolen because of a weak password on the account.

This is how I started my way in cyber security, thanks to the frustration and further research on how that happened.

Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by kodt on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:57PM (#12962137)
Yeah same here, mine was an 8 digit, so not super impressive. But still was stolen. Associated with a .ir email account now. Oh well.

Same sort of thing happens with low SteamIDs.

Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by osi on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:52PM (#12962104)
i had a 6-digit number in the 150's. i haven't logged in in years, and when i did the password reset i discovered it's associated with some mail.ru address now. oh well.
Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by WorldMaker on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:47PM (#12962065)
I had two numbers at one point, tended to give out the longer one to avoid confusing people and appear "normal", hah.