Watchez Says Goodbye--az Can Read Your Private Messages

RedGuru said:
Let me rephrase that, there is no option in the Admin control panel or the Moderator control panel to view PM's. You have to apply a specific vbulletin mod to view pm's, or go into the SQL database manually.

understood, just wanted to point out that the administrator has access to everything. how you access the data is a separate issue. :)

don
 
Hmmm

BazookaJoe said:
Mike and Wilson were also behind 9/11:eek:

I heard they were the 2nd and 3rd shooters at the Kennedy assassination.

Don't get me started on covering up the Loch Ness monster all these years.

At least all the computer technology they got from shooting down that UFO in Roswell is coming in handy finally.
 
Timberly said:
To be fair and honest, when I get home from work tonight, I will personally go through my posts from that time frame to see if I ever said such a thing in the public forum. If it's out there, I will post it here.

So you are at work and using the company's computer to access this message board. I suppose you didn't catch that piece on the news the other night that an employer has the right to check your computer to see if you are using it for personal purposes and they can even fire you for doing so.

In fact there is a nice little investigation going on about this at the State of Illinois offices in Chicago over this matter.

Gee, I sure hope you do not have any enemies here who might notify your boss.
 
Guys.......you're giving away all our secrets!

How am I supposed to be the boogie man if you don't turn out the lights?
 
uh Whitewolf...correct me if I'm wrong but did you just admit to having full knowledge and confirmation of someone you know hacking into the FBI system? Hate to mention this, but you have admitted to being a witness to something that is considered a federal offense and by not informing the FBI of this person could be considered a co-conspiritor. Just a fact.
 
Hmm, wasn't aware that the FBI had a file on me. But obviously your hacker friend would know.

As for me being 'tricked' into replying to a message that was sent to APA7, it did not happen. Lets do this to settle this matter once and for all.

You get your hacker friend to provide you the proof that this happened and post it on the forums. If you can provide proof that I responded to a message sent to APA7 and not myself, I will donate $5000 to your favorite charity. And when you can't provide this proof, you will get over yourself and drop this stupid game.

Won't cost you a dime. Just prove your allegations.

Mike


whitewolf said:
That was me silly one.

And since you onced asked me how it happened, I will tell you. I spoke directly with the hacker (yes, someone who had actually hacked into the FBI files he was so good) who, after a few months of playing it cool, tricked you into responding back to him as APA7 (He said that it must have been an accident on your part as you must not have realized that you were APA7 at the moment).

Mike, I am envious of you. It would be so great to be able to play God. :D

You really don't have to say anything you know because this is really Never Never Land anyway. Everybody needs to chill out and just realize that the Wizard of Oz is Mike and others. Don't take me wrong Mike. I think you do a reasonable enough job of trying to keep things straight here. And who should give a rat's ass that you could possibly read PMs anyway - it's your forum.

Cheers.
 
AzHousePro said:
Hmm, wasn't aware that the FBI had a file on me. But obviously your hacker friend would know.

As for me being 'tricked' into replying to a message that was sent to APA7, it did not happen. Lets do this to settle this matter once and for all.

You get your hacker friend to provide you the proof that this happened and post it on the forums. If you can provide proof that I responded to a message sent to APA7 and not myself, I will donate $5000 to your favorite charity. And when you can't provide this proof, you will get over yourself and drop this stupid game.

Won't cost you a dime. Just prove your allegations.

Mike

ROFL I think Whitewolf is the only person who believes his fantasy tale...just ignore him Mike....or make everyone else ignore him for a bit ;) :D
 
Holly said:
uh Whitewolf...correct me if I'm wrong but did you just admit to having full knowledge and confirmation of someone you know hacking into the FBI system? Hate to mention this, but you have admitted to being a witness to something that is considered a federal offense and by not informing the FBI of this person could be considered a co-conspiritor. Just a fact.

Thanks Holly.

He was already convicted.
 
AzHousePro said:
Hmm, wasn't aware that the FBI had a file on me. But obviously your hacker friend would know.

As for me being 'tricked' into replying to a message that was sent to APA7, it did not happen. Lets do this to settle this matter once and for all.

You get your hacker friend to provide you the proof that this happened and post it on the forums. If you can provide proof that I responded to a message sent to APA7 and not myself, I will donate $5000 to your favorite charity. And when you can't provide this proof, you will get over yourself and drop this stupid game.

Won't cost you a dime. Just prove your allegations.

Mike

You asked and I told you. Don't kill the messenger. I already dropped this stupid game and YOU are the one who brought it back up again :rolleyes: And blaming Timberly shows just a shade of paranoia.

BTW, I don't have any problems with you using other identities besides yourself, and whether you do so or concerns me 0%. Like I said, it is your forum and I am here to have fun. Every once in a while I may crack a joke or two about the moderators. Since you like to crack jokes about others this seems only fair. If you want me to stop doing this, then please tell me and I will stop altogether.

Have a nice day.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
ROFL I think Whitewolf is the only person who believes his fantasy tale...just ignore him Mike....or make everyone else ignore him for a bit ;) :D

I have a good idea if Mike Howerton can do this. Rank the posters by who is on someone's ignore list. Then your bad reps may pale in comparison. Where is my bad rep anyway? :D
 
whitewolf said:
I have a good idea if Mike Howerton can do this. Rank the posters by who is on someone's ignore list. Then your bad reps may pale in comparison. Where is my bad rep anyway? :D

Dude, you are sounding more and more like your wife everyday. Stop with the conspiricy therories will ya. You don't need to be paranoid here. Don't you have anything better to do with your life? False accuations are just that until proven. Mike gave you a challenge, accept it or STFU.
Purdman:rolleyes:
 
It don't get any more recent than this pic. High noon. 11-5-2006

Look for me at the DCC. Possibly both weekends.
 
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I'll be looking for you....

Hal said:
It don't get any more recent than this pic. High noon. 11-5-2006

Look for me at the DCC. Possibly both weekends.
OK, now that you and Purdman and a few others have revealed themselves, maybe we can find each other to say "hello" at DCC.
 
I look at it this way...

anything I type here or in PM, I am willing to sat to that persons face. Whether its' a comment about a third person, I will still say it to their face. Having this philosphy, I could care less if anyone could read it.

Well except all the dirty talk between Timberly and I, that might make someone blush. :eek:

JV (---BTW the last line is a joke
 
As I expected, not a shred of evidence. Your "hacker friend" figured it all out in between sessions in the FBI's system and he obviously sent you the proof (I am certain that someone as upstanding as you would never accuse someone of something without actually seeing the proof). And you would certainly not delete something as valuable to you as that.

So all I need is for you to post that proof. The checkbook is open and I ready to write this donation out to your favorite charity.

If you can't show the proof, then at least admit it and say you have no proof and you were just going on what someone else (FL) told you.

You have a nice day too.

Mike

whitewolf said:
You asked and I told you. Don't kill the messenger. I already dropped this stupid game and YOU are the one who brought it back up again :rolleyes: And blaming Timberly shows just a shade of paranoia.

BTW, I don't have any problems with you using other identities besides yourself, and whether you do so or concerns me 0%. Like I said, it is your forum and I am here to have fun. Every once in a while I may crack a joke or two about the moderators. Since you like to crack jokes about others this seems only fair. If you want me to stop doing this, then please tell me and I will stop altogether.

Have a nice day.
 
Speaking Of Being Banned !!!!

I read alot of threads in alot of different sections here on AZB and I didn't see any mention of JimBo from CT. being banned, but his name is on the AZB Banned list.

When did JimBo get Banned and what for ? How long is he banned for ?
Doug
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Edited to say: NEVERMIND... I went on a little AZB walkabout and found the thread. JimBo is on a two week hiatus.
Well, time flies when you're having FUN...... imo
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I've run into this problem in the past with some companies I've done website work for and for what it's worth what the companies decided to do was pretty simple, they changed the wording.

Private Messaging became Personal Messaging.

Nothing else on the entire web site changed, the functionality was exactly the same.

It was done on the advice of the lawyers to avoid lawsuits regarding what was "implied". They were never sued over it but it was what their legal departments decided to do.

There really is no way to prevent an administrator from being able to read private messages short of letting individual users generate their own personal/private key to use for their own encryption, any other method really can never be called "private" really but I think expecting complete personal privacy on a privately run forum that is free of charge is a bit unreasonable.
 
BillPorter said:
You know, I may be about the only person on the board using an avatar that is from a very recent photo. BTW, my reason for using my own photo as an avatar hasn't panned out that well so far. I thought it would help me run into AZB'ers at Reno and the coming DCC, but I didn't meet up with any regular AZB posters at Reno.


I beg to differ...:D

Good luck picking me out in a crowd. lol
 
I never assumed total privacy in PM's but if i found out they were being read just for giggles, I'd probably leave AZ. I just hate snoops.

Growing up, i had a desk im my BR- I could have kept a hand grenade in there-my parents would never pry or snoop at all and that is what i have come to expect from decent folks.

I have no reason to believe anyone at AZB snoops but i am sure they have the ability.
 
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