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A while ago, I let my friend log on to his AIM account as a guest on Adium. He informed me a few days later that he had somehow gotten my passwords because of some ill-explained thing attached to his account. He's pretty tech-savvy (on the Windows side), so it's somewhat believeable, but I'm still not 100% sure he wasn't shooting the bull entirely.
A few questions:
1. Is there actually a thing that will do this? If so, what and how?
2. Is there any way (other than not letting anyone on or near my computer) to prevent this from happening. I use Little Snitch, but I leave it on for Adium since it needs to connect, and I'm not network-smart enough to sniff out what might be harmful.
3. Is there any way I can do this on a Mac/on my accounts? **Not that I want people's passwords, just curious. Honest.
A few questions:
1. Is there actually a thing that will do this? If so, what and how?
2. Is there any way (other than not letting anyone on or near my computer) to prevent this from happening. I use Little Snitch, but I leave it on for Adium since it needs to connect, and I'm not network-smart enough to sniff out what might be harmful.
3. Is there any way I can do this on a Mac/on my accounts? **Not that I want people's passwords, just curious. Honest.