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AIM adding names without my permission

Postby Bobtheduck » Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:07 pm

Aim is adding me to people's buddy lists, and adding names to my buddy list without my permission... I've gotten several IMs from people I don't know, asking me if I know them, and my buddy list has new additions I didn't add... Any clue why this is happening or how to stop it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evcNPfZlrZs Watch this movie なう。 It's legal, free... And it's more than its premise. It's not saying Fast Food is good food. Just watch it.
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Postby LorentzForce » Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:17 pm

Use Gaim instead of AIM. AIM is evil anyway.

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Postby ShiroiHikari » Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:09 pm

I think it's someone out there sending buddy lists to people because it's happened to me before. I've had people tell me that someone sent them a buddy list that I was on. it's likely someone that is or was here on CAA.
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Postby Bobtheduck » Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:04 am

Someone TRIED to send me a buddy list (the guy said he was a hacker... I didn't realize all he did was harvest the screen names from the ) but I've never accepted one... Still, BTW its trillian that's doing this... I think it's making "buddies" from everyone in every chat room I go to, but the others have probably been getting them sent to them by someone...
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:27 am

^^; that's why I don't usually like to use trillian, its buddy list feature is...weird.

also AIM has this new "recent buddies" thing, is that thing bugging you too? I hate it.
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Postby Jman » Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:30 pm

I Pearsonailly don't mind people I don't know iming me...But you gotta love AIMS block feature.

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