fortmyerspolice

iTrader: (7)

Well I got on tech and it signed me on as the screenname of Fortmyerspolice, which is weird as I know the person with this screename as he is local.

I am signing off as his name but just wanted to make sure this is happenign to a lot of people on tech.

My actual screename is black01_ws6.

black01_WS6

iTrader: (13)

well i finally got back on my screen name

I would sign in using my name then when I went to a normal page it would sign me in as Fort myers police.

98_Formula

iTrader: (15)

weird. i havent noticed that happening to myself, but i know there is a member who has my exact same name, cept where i put an underscore, he put a space but it reads the same, it was driving me nutz but i haven't seen him post in a while

Reject

iTrader: (24)

are yall using like a library computer/

2000TurboVert

iTrader: (17)

Yeah it will sign you in under someone elses name, if they clicked remember me, or what not~

fortmyerspolice

iTrader: (7)

hahahahhaha how the hell did this happen????? And why did it happen to be you on my account???? Thats too ****** wierd.

black01_WS6

iTrader: (13)

I have no idea how this would happen. It was definatly weird.

It didn't happen when I got home, who knows.

Keenov

iTrader: (5)

Are both of you using the same network at work?

Probably hit the same proxy server Fortmyerspolice was using previously. When you opened LS1tech the proxy server logged you on with his credentials, because it had it in cache.

Best thing to do is uncheck "Remember Me" so your password and user name don't get stored on the proxy. This would cause you to have to enter your password all the time, but the only other work around would be to call your IT support. Ofcourse you will have to explain why LS1tech is important to your work

fortmyerspolice

iTrader: (7)

Nope don't work with him, I know him locally. I do go on the school network with my account though.

Keenov

iTrader: (5)

Maybe that is where he accessed LS1tech as well.

black01_WS6

iTrader: (13)

It was in different places, and I am the only one that can use my computer. So that is why I posted this as well.

It also happened again today for about 5 min.

infinitebird

iTrader: (11)

If you use the same ISP and it is one that uses proxy servers (AOL etc) that is likely the reason.

fortmyerspolice

iTrader: (7)

I think I use Comcast.

Camaroholic

iTrader: (1)

black01_ws6, when you are signed on as fortmyerspolice, your ip address goes to filters.leeschools.net - sounds like some sort of proxy. fortmyerspolice, does that sound familiar at all? Any chance you could have signed on from another location?

2MuchRiceMakesMeSick

logon information is stored in cookies so he would have had to sign on (and not sign out) of the machine you were using

infinitebird

iTrader: (11)

Not necessarily. As mentioned if they are both going through a caching proxy server it could be resubmitting the cookie for the other user when they request the ls1tech domain.

fortmyerspolice

iTrader: (7)

Yep, I use a computer at school, which is the Lee County School Network, but it still doesnt make sense that he was able to logon to my account, I mean he must use like Embarq or Comcast(am I right Mike?). Wierd

black01_WS6

iTrader: (13)

Well I do get on from school as well, but from different schools in the district. So do we just have to make sure we don't save our screen name in, as this never happens from home.

Camaroholic

iTrader: (1)

Well it sounds like the school district is using a proxy server as its gateway to the internet, and that is what is screwing up the usernames (it's caching the pages and the cookies, apparently). It's not uncommon for a school district to have one connection to the 'net. Sounds like you guys need to click the "log off" button when you're done browsing 'tech.

Just hope they don't do that with online banking.

infinitebird

iTrader: (11)

Almost all online banking or other sensitive logins like that have a very brief inactivity timeout to prevent things like this. Here it is just a permanent cookie so you never have to login/logout on the same computer.