On Thursday 15 July 2010 09:53 AM, Surya Sharma wrote:
>> I only want to know if it is really possible for some experts to crack
>> gmail and facebook accounts without access to the users' machines. I don't
>> want to know the actual method of the same. I feel that people are just
>> bluffing to create an impression but those who I come across say they know
>> friends who actually demonstrated it on their friends' accounts. Haven't yet
>> come across a cracker otherwise I would have observed him.
>>
>>
>>      
> Needs brute forcing, will take years if its a complex password. If its a
> dictionary password, then you have that twitter admin event on your hands
> again.
>
>   They could steal it off the network thread if you're not using secure SSL
> or someone else's internet. That takes minutes. But you'll be accessing the
> account, so I don't think thats what you're looking for.
>
>    
I don't know. These guys appear to have a halo around their heads and 
their friends are full of praise for their skills.

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