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OMG Very Worrying Thing Just Happened In Gmail

by Ernie Lo
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WTF I just typed in the gmail url in firefox and it has logged me into someone elses email account (some michael guy)! I dont know this person and nobody has been on my computer for a fact.

Really strange, how could this happen.
#gmail #happened #omg #thing #worrying
  • Profile picture of the author Adam Sussman
    I have no idea how that happened.

    Something similar happened with my AWeber account. I loaded the AWeber code in my squeeze page. Tested it and it went to someone elses autoresponder.

    Spookily, I think her name was Michelle.

    Go figure

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    • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
      Sorry to ruin your conspiracy theory but the guys name is michael not Michelle.

      Still this is a big deal, what if it happens to us and we have our passwords stored in out gmail. This person is lucky im a good guy.



      Originally Posted by Adam Sussman View Post

      I have no idea how that happened.

      Something similar happened with my AWeber account. I loaded the AWeber code in my squeeze page. Tested it and it went to someone elses autoresponder.

      Spookily, I think her name was Michelle.

      Go figure

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  • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
    LOL, can you leave her a note there? Tell her to log out and change her passwords and do a rain dance.

    I'd send a report to google.
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  • Profile picture of the author sydneypm
    I was trying to log into mine a little while ago and I kept getting a message that the page did not exist. Not sure if it's related, though...

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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by sydneypm View Post

      I was trying to log into mine a little while ago and I kept getting a message that the page did not exist. Not sure if it's related, though...

      Cindy P.
      Can't be. Your name is Cindy.

      Sounds like a "Michelle" thing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ilya Feynberg
    Oh ya great...that makes me feel safe.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by Ilya Feynberg View Post

      Oh ya great...that makes me feel safe.
      You're safe. Your name is not Michael.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ilya Feynberg
        Originally Posted by avenuegirl View Post

        You're safe. Your name is not Michael.
        And yet the prospect of it...is more than enough
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        • Profile picture of the author Doolder
          OMG that's pretty bad. I have no idea how this could happen, you would need to have that person's cookie on your computer. I would go mad if that happened to me.
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  • Profile picture of the author PCRoger
    We've seen that happen here to. Other weird things with Google.

    Regards,
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    Bit more information...this Michale guy seems to be a Internet Marketer too! haha

    I thought it was Michelle at first so I went snooping for any possible nude or intersting "images"....I stopped loooking once I found out it was a Michael not a Michelle! Haha JK.

    It doesnt appear the guy uses this account for anything worthwhile, more like a junk email account.
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  • Profile picture of the author DougBarger
    After your recent success, Ernie, it's just Michael Silvester seeing if you can be trusted.

    All part of the 'character test phase' of the lucrative joint venture screening process.

    Same thing happened to me and he was only slightly disappointed when I... (never mind, that part's not relevant)

    Just play it cool, don't do anything rash and everything should be fine, back to normal in a few hours. (Unless you just want to have some fun of course.)
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    2012. It's the beginning of the end.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
      Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

      2012. It's the beginning of the end.
      LOL,

      Dude you are hilarious
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  • Profile picture of the author chandan_dutta
    Really strange to know this. I did not here anything like before. Hmm may be the beginning of end as @Zeus66.
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  • Profile picture of the author MichaelHiles
    Those little "remember me" checkboxes on websites to drop a cookie to preserve session state?

    real bad idea
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  • Profile picture of the author Anonymous Affiliate
    Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo View Post

    WTF I just typed in the gmail url in firefox and it has logged me into someone elses email account (some michael guy)! I dont know this person and nobody has been on my computer for a fact.
    Really strange, how could this happen.
    I don't see how could that happen if no one has been on your computer?
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  • Profile picture of the author DrewG
    *Goes and gets tinfoil hat*
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  • Profile picture of the author Underground SEO
    That's crazy! And also concerning, I don't use gmail though but I suppose with all the complexities of the webthings like these are bound to happen sometimes.
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  • Profile picture of the author jennypitts
    That is quite bizarre... However, what I did notice is that for the first time it gave me a little window announcing that I had been signed out because I either did it myself (no really?) or because I was signed in at another computer. Now, that is HIGHLY impossible, considering my daughters ALL have yahoo or hotmail and at the time I was logged in they were doing HOMEWORK (or so they led me to believe )... And my husband dislikes gmail, I wonder why??? He has an account in ALL the other ones (including lykos, go figure)...
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    NOT crazy at all! Did you use a public/shared computer?

    It would be crazy if this happened at home at your computer.

    (Why? Because the session is stored in a cookie on the computer, and maybe some person logged in, checked their mail and did NOT explicitly sign out.)
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    • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
      I hate to tell you buddy but it was my home computer....crazy!!!

      Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

      NOT crazy at all! Did you use a public/shared computer?

      It would be crazy if this happened at home at your computer.

      (Why? Because the session is stored in a cookie on the computer, and maybe some person logged in, checked their mail and did NOT explicitly sign out.)
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      • Profile picture of the author mojojuju
        Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo View Post

        I hate to tell you buddy but it was my home computer....crazy!!!
        Then obviously somebody broke into your home and while in your house used your computer to check their email. If you see somebody wearing your clothes tomorrow, you will realize this is true.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
    This happened to my yesterday! I was not sure what was going on so I just logged out and logged back in correctly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cynthia A.
    It could also be someone who uses a dot (.) in their name. I have one in mine & every so often I get a change password email request (got one the other day) to a separate acct because I think it's the woman who doesn't have the dot trying to change hers. I get some of her email (she travels a lot so I get airline confirmations, & she buys cosmetics at Sephora).
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  • Profile picture of the author John Atkins
    Thst's very disturbing. It can happen if you use a shared computer, but
    I don't see how it could possibly happen this way...
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  • Profile picture of the author indexphp
    use Roboform (pc) or 1Password (mac) to avoid the "remember me" stuff. 1Password is literally an app I cant live without
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    • Profile picture of the author kisk
      Originally Posted by indexphp View Post

      use Roboform (pc) or 1Password (mac) to avoid the "remember me" stuff. 1Password is literally an app I cant live without
      I'm use 1password too

      about the original topic, that's scary
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  • Profile picture of the author marcdonovan
    This is a defect in production code. It happens. I second the poster that mentioned the "remember me" checkbox. It is a very bad idea and you should avoid checking that. 95% guaranteed that your cookie matched his information (with a buggy query) and his info said "remember me." In fact there is probably a developer getting flogged over this right now, even though it should be a QA tester getting the flogging (developers don't protest as much as QA's do since they are too busy typing to care).


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      Whats with SEO Quake posting their stuff on all my posts? That's a defect in production code, perfect example.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vis
    You better clear your history, delete your temp files and cookies. Who knows what is brewing with all the strange stuff saved under there?

    If you are using a wifi, you may need to check if someone is piggybacking on it - just check your wifi logs.
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    • Profile picture of the author marcdonovan
      Originally Posted by Vis View Post

      You better clear your history, delete your temp files and cookies. Who knows what is brewing with all the strange stuff saved under there?

      If you are using a wifi, you may need to check if someone is piggybacking on it - just check your wifi logs.
      No worries there, you don't need to delete this stuff. This is a bug on their end and there is no danger on the client end.

      The wifi thing is true. If you are not using encryption, anyone can snoop your system. Encryption is imperative if you have a home wifi, though I doubt this is the case with the OP, since this is a case of reverse-hacking, which is the first time I have ever heard of such a thing.
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