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The craziest thing about all of this, is that my number 7672xxx still works! Every few years I download the client, and my username and password from the late 90s is still valid. This is no small feat in the age of shutdowns and spin-offs.

In other news, WebRings still exists as well.




Just a question. I see more of the commenters have posted their ICQ UIDs with the last digits hidden, like yours ( xxx in the end ).

Is there a particular reason for not revealing it?


The 'x's actually appear to him as numbers because it's his UID.


Hm let me try. 3827Hunter2. Did you just see x's?


Hm let me try. xxxxxxxxxxx. Did you just see x's?

Yep


For anyone not getting the joke, see http://bash.org/?244321


Passwords weren't very secure back then :P


because low digit ICQ UIDs were for sale at a price and some people stole other people's accounts for profit


Why is everyone worried about this now?


Alas, while researching this[1] article I discovered that there are no active WebRings still in operation. (the few sites that claim to be working webrings are in fact fake)

[1] http://www.codersnotes.com/notes/under-construction/


Webring.org is definitely still in operation. Take a look at a site like http://worldlighthouses.yolasite.com and try the Webring navigation at the bottom.


« Le webring de la salade » was still active only a couple years ago, and I personnally know some of its members, so I can probably get you into it if you wish. It's quite a niche webring though, and somewhat broken nowadays ;-)

http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/j.alglave/salade/




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