3kids4me
TUG Lifetime Member
My daughter's AOL password was discovered by someone who then signed on as her and instant messaged some of her friends pretending to be her and saying some things I won't repeat here.
The password was not changed, just discovered by someone.
My daughter insists that she has not used anyone else's computer to sign onto AOL where someone else's password saver may have picked up on it.
So I'm wondering what the ways are that someone can get this information (short of my daughter giving it to them) and if there is a way to track that down.
Since whomever used the password decided to pretend to be my daughter, I am assuming we are talking about some stupid kid here rather than some professional hacker.
I don't know if it's coincidental, but this happened one day after she started using a MacBook and video chatting.
Does anyone have any insight here as to how someone can get someone else's password and if there is a way to track the IP address of the computer used to sign onto her account?
Thanks for any help.
The password was not changed, just discovered by someone.
My daughter insists that she has not used anyone else's computer to sign onto AOL where someone else's password saver may have picked up on it.
So I'm wondering what the ways are that someone can get this information (short of my daughter giving it to them) and if there is a way to track that down.
Since whomever used the password decided to pretend to be my daughter, I am assuming we are talking about some stupid kid here rather than some professional hacker.
I don't know if it's coincidental, but this happened one day after she started using a MacBook and video chatting.
Does anyone have any insight here as to how someone can get someone else's password and if there is a way to track the IP address of the computer used to sign onto her account?
Thanks for any help.