Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
by boring_twenties on Friday August 28, 2020 @03:01PM
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I'm not sure about this but wouldn't that be a felony?
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Yes.
99.9% chance no one would care. But people do freak out over this stuff.
Knew one guy that saw that a Bank got hacked on the news. Did an nslookup or similar to check the banks site.
He was arrested the next day and expelled from college for hacking the bank.
Eventually all got cleared up, but screwed up a year of his life
He got expelled for running a DNS query?
Do you mean nmap?
Maybe. Was awhile ago
Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
by boring_twenties on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:15PM
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Yeah, I'd rather not take a 0.1% chance of losing my rights for life over some spam email.
Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
by bjohnson225 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:13PM
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MCan you claim you thought it was your account? Then, to demonstrate you knew it wasn’t yours, they’d have to collect various proof, and this demonstration being erratic and risky, they’d probably not attempt a trial.
Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
by boring_twenties on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:19PM
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I can probably claim whatever I want, but given I've never even looked at a Lexus dealership in my life, I doubt I could pull it off.
Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
by williamscales on Monday August 31, 2020 @11:11AM
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I'm not sure either, but couldn't you argue that it _is_ your Lexus account? It has _your_ email on it after all. That is the single important identifier attached to the account. The other stuff doesn't matter.