Scratch

That didn't happen to me yet, but if it does happen... I'm ready.

coolstuff wrote:

"Imposterizing?" Nice word.
Hacking doesn't often happen on this site unless you're a controversial character.

No one said 'Imposterizing' 

If your password is your username change it at once.

I still don't see any words that say 'Imposterizing', unless this is on another topic.

Wow, you win! I never noticed.

Jonathanpb wrote:

Shouldn't this be moved to All About Scratch? It isn't a bug... so I think it belongs there. 

I agree. ^^ *moves topic*

nikkiperson2 wrote:

I can't see why anybody would want to hack an account on a children's website. That's just absurd.

Me and my friend were just discussing that yesterday.

Jonathanpb wrote:

There are many reasons. And first, this isn't a children's website. Adults use it too.

What Nikki meant is that hackers usually aim for banks or other sites they can actually make PROFIT off.

Jonathanpb wrote:

First of all, they may do it for fun.

Absurd.

Jonathanpb wrote:

Second, they can get power. Can you imagine what would happen if a hacker hacked into an account of the Scratch Team? They could send custom messages, they could mess up the devolopment of the Scratch program - they better have strong passwords.

That's just ludicrous. Why would a serious professional programmer waste their time hacking administrators of a random website for "power" that doesn't even give them any gain?

Jonathanpb wrote:

Third, they can make people look bad. If there's a Scratcher they hate, they can post rude comments on their account and hope that the real user gets blamed for it. This is just sick.

An immature kid might do this, but not a normal adult who has a job, and a life.

Jonathanpb wrote:

Fourth, they might want to scare everyone. Nothing much, but it's sure happening.

Same as above.




Lol. xP Quit this stereotype madness. Hackers are not masters of evil, they're just programmers, much like anybody from the Scratch Team. Except that they're more evil. Still. xP

Jonathanpb wrote:

You sound like me when I'm going through a list of points and proving them wrong.

In a way, I think we're both right. Mix our opinions together and it makes more sense.

1. It is absurd. But they sometimes do this, so I put it in.

2. They might not get any profit, but they might do it for other things... like if they hated the Scratch Team (I don't see why), they could try to hack and mess up the website. Though people nowadays often will do anything for money. Ah well...

3. I didn't mention anything about kids or adults. But that's true.

4. Same as 3.

If hackers couldn't program, I would wonder how they could hack so well.

I disagree with your points there, sorry, for the reasons I pointed out above. xP


Btw I'm pretty sure that hacking Scratch isn't "fun". If they REALLY wanted fun they would go and hack Facebook or YouTube or something (btw they did).

Survivorduck wrote:

true. i JUST had someone impostorize me on scratch. i think they left. its username is SURVIORDUCK, survivorduck with only one "V" and its lowercase

For the LAST TIME, IMPOSTORIZE IS NOT A WORD. I don't know what I would use instead, but Impostorize isn't a word.

How do you know they were trying to... er... pretend to be you? Maybe they were trying to make Survivorduck but saw that name was taken so removed a letter?

Last edited by coolstuff (2009-09-25 20:55:12)