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compass_copium 6 hours ago [-]
>When a password of 9 or more characters is sent, their buffer is over-run, and it allows you to log in.
Man, computers used to be fun
mingus88 6 hours ago [-]
It really was a fun time. I remember sitting in a coffee shop just sniffing WiFi traffic.
A friend was a reporter for the local paper and interviewed the mayor. I turned my laptop around and showed my friend the mayors imap password. Just right there floating through the air.
masternight 3 hours ago [-]
I remember when ICQ used to give you the other persons IP address.
Then you could use that to winnuke them.
miek 1 hours ago [-]
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wafflebot 3 hours ago [-]
Lucky for me, my ICQ password was only 8 characters. And I used it on every website!
(To this day I can recall my ICQ number faster than my childhood phone number or my social security number.)
r0fl 2 hours ago [-]
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nubinetwork 5 hours ago [-]
Unix crypt only accepted 8 characters and ignored the rest. If your password was 123456789, it was considered the same as 12345678a.
a_bonobo 4 hours ago [-]
For local LAN play, Half-Life checked the CD key only for length I believe? It would happily accept 1234-56789-0123
saadn92 6 hours ago [-]
Yep, now everything is done through agents unfortunately.
SillyUsername 3 days ago [-]
So this is how my low numbered account was stolen back in the day - thanks for sharing.
orbital-decay 5 hours ago [-]
My UIN was merely 7-digit and when it got hacked the guy just logged in, chatted with my friends about random things, and left. I only found out because they were puzzled by "me" talking weird.
486sx33 5 hours ago [-]
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rashkov 6 hours ago [-]
Can’t believe I still remember my ICQ id
giantrobot 4 hours ago [-]
Mine is seared into my brain. It's also cheating a bit because it's only six digits.
wafflebot 2 hours ago [-]
I was gonna drag you for making such a silly flex then I realized I'm just jealous because mine was eight
gersonazgo 6 hours ago [-]
I read your comment and realized I also do haha lol lfmao rofl
aussieguy1234 5 hours ago [-]
If it happened to me, my next move would be to steal it back
egeozcan 3 hours ago [-]
This made me realize that I still remember my ICQ UIN! I cannot remember what I've had for lunch yesterday, btw.
urvader 40 minutes ago [-]
> Mirabilis / AOL really needs to fix this problem.
waltbosz 5 hours ago [-]
AOL Instant Messenger had several remote code execution exploits. They worked just by sending an IM to someone. You could also crash their computer remotely, or maybe it would just create their client.
Also their stored password encryption algorithm was easily reversible.
Hydraulix989 1 hours ago [-]
AIM's built-in HTML parser had a bunch of super-linear parser complexity bugs, leading to people building "punters".
camcil 5 hours ago [-]
The AIM days are one for the books. What a time to be alive and interested in computerin'
jonhohle 4 hours ago [-]
Wasn’t that how audio avatars worked (not by crashing, but ACr)? What a time to be alive.
waltbosz 4 hours ago [-]
Don't know how they worked, but what you did to create one was rename a .wav to a .jpg .gif .bmp .etc
mannycalavera42 6 hours ago [-]
Tooooooooooooooooooooooooot!
(startup jingle, good mems)
keyle 58 minutes ago [-]
KeeeKooo!
taspeotis 6 hours ago [-]
Rewrite it in Rust
Teknomadix 4 hours ago [-]
Ask an agent to rewrite it in Rust. #ftfy
myth_drannon 3 hours ago [-]
I think I discovered that by mistake using Miranda client in 2002!
The tech scene of the 90s in Israel was crazy. Mirablis was hiring high school students to do QA.
chuckhend 6 hours ago [-]
Uh oh!
pavel_lishin 4 hours ago [-]
There are some point of sales systems that use the same sound effect, and every time it's like I'm teleported back to the 90s, sitting in my room with a pepsi, browsing the web and chattin' with friends.
notpushkin 29 minutes ago [-]
I only recall this beibeing used by McDonald’s in Russia, which seems to check out (no pun intended) considering your username :-)
tehlike 5 hours ago [-]
Incoming file transfer
stavros 4 hours ago [-]
Oh god this instantly took me back to my the way teenage years' room felt and smelled.
Man, computers used to be fun
A friend was a reporter for the local paper and interviewed the mayor. I turned my laptop around and showed my friend the mayors imap password. Just right there floating through the air.
Then you could use that to winnuke them.
(To this day I can recall my ICQ number faster than my childhood phone number or my social security number.)
Also their stored password encryption algorithm was easily reversible.
The tech scene of the 90s in Israel was crazy. Mirablis was hiring high school students to do QA.