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Is it illegal????

25 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/is-it-illegal.67428/

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hpindia Original post #1
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:44 PM
hi...I just wanna knw is it illegal to access others email account using the forgot password feature.....i hacked accounts of few of my frnds using this....

70% of the answers to secret question could be get frm orkut profiles....
Third Eye
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:45 PM
Illegal
infra_red_dude
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:45 PM
yes, it is illegal! rather more than being illegal its not ethical!
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hpindia #4
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:48 PM
i knw its not ethical....

hows it illegal...can smbdy tell me ..i m just curious........
infra_red_dude
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:49 PM
you are "hacking" into the email accounts... thats how its illegal!
Third Eye
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:50 PM
hpindia said:
i knw its not ethical....

hows it illegal...can smbdy tell me ..i m just curious........

Because you are using their accounts without permission.
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hpindia #7
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:50 PM
this cant be called hacking .....as far as i knw....
plz correct me if i m wrong...
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almighty #8
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:51 PM
Illegal
The_Devil_Himself
Sep 5, 2007 at 11:22 PM
This is not hacking dude.And I don't think it can be proved it is illegal.

BUT BUT BUT It is highly unethical dude.It's like some crazy postman reading all your mails before he delivers them to you.
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hpindia #10
Sep 5, 2007 at 11:30 PM
^^^ yaa....dats my point of view ... though i wont do it now...
i dont have any wrong intentions (i m just 18 ) ....

but i just want to say that choose ur secrt question etc very carefully ...specially those on orkut etc....
RCuber
RCuber #11
Sep 6, 2007 at 12:54 AM
Taken from IT Act 2000. Cyber Crime.

Unauthorized access

Unauthorized access to computer systems or networks means any person who secures access or attempts to secure access to a protected system.

I guess this holds true for unauthorised access to email's.

Source
fun2sh
fun2sh #12
Sep 6, 2007 at 8:41 AM
THE TITLE remind me of SHAKIRA's song ITS ILLEGAL TO DECEIVE A WOMAN'S HEART.
:mrgreen:
anyways its illegal coz there email contains may personal and other secret things which other should not know.
enticer86
enticer86 #13
Sep 6, 2007 at 10:15 AM
see section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000!
:D
blackpearl
Sep 6, 2007 at 1:02 PM
hpindia said:
70% of the answers to secret question could be get frm orkut profiles....

That's dumb!! Those accounts are deserved to be hacked. Go ahead!!
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hpindia #15
Sep 6, 2007 at 10:43 PM
^^ For a laugh look at 3 of the questions:
My birth date ...lol ...
My love....
Fav color ...(tried all of them ans was pink)

:)
enticer86
enticer86 #16
Sep 7, 2007 at 8:10 AM
lol... tht reminds me one of my frnds forgot his password n cudnt retriev it.
so the job was entrusted to the geek [me]

guess wht! secret ques? UR PET's Name
Answer? ---his name
lol
chesss
chesss #17
Sep 7, 2007 at 1:46 PM
hmm which email-service are your friends using??
Any decent email providers will send a a new password on the users secondary email. So even if u are able to guess their forgot-your-password answers, u still shouldn't get the password.
chinmay
chinmay #18
Sep 7, 2007 at 3:58 PM
If what you posted is true then I am only wondering how light headed people are that their password is an actual meaningful word. I used to think most passwords are h69kke8994 like
enticer86
enticer86 #19
Sep 7, 2007 at 10:00 PM
chinmay said:
I used to think most passwords are h69kke8994 like


i hope h69kke8994 is not ur password

:d

m not gonna try though :p
24online
24online #20
Sep 7, 2007 at 10:41 PM
most of email a/cs in world r readable by hackers....there is no ip check system in most of email a/cs service which tell u that from which ip ur mail a/c accessed or viewed ??? and email companies will not put IP system in future also.....
and nobody (hacker/cracker) publish any individual information on net...... they make information database and sell to the companies ppl or to the security companies...it all happens ---
enticer86
enticer86 #21
Sep 8, 2007 at 7:50 AM
^^
:O
is this true????????????
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bigdaddy486 #22
Sep 8, 2007 at 10:05 AM
Illigal
24online
24online #23
Sep 8, 2007 at 12:39 PM
enticer86 said:
^^
:O
is this true????????????
there is no proof, and nobody give proof....:lol:
enticer86
enticer86 #24
Sep 8, 2007 at 12:44 PM
obv none wud say "main aise karta hun"
lol
alsiladka
alsiladka #25
Sep 8, 2007 at 10:40 PM
24online said:
there is no ip check system in most of email a/cs service which tell u that from which ip ur mail a/c accessed or viewed ??? and email companies will not put IP system in future also.....
I did not correctly understand what you meant by this, but if it means that the email service providers do not maintain a log about from which ip addresses the account was accessed from, then the claim is false.

I hope you do not do any mischief believing this claim. They maintain a record of the ip address it was viewed from and accessed from. Helps track the computers hacking, or phishing or cyber crime is done from. All the police need to do is request the service provider, they will comply. But i do not think they will reveal this information to you on a petty request asking "can you tell me from which which ips my account was accessed from".

And not just emails, even social networking sites like orkut maintain the log.