Hey Mike Hacking (or cracking actually) someone's account by attacking Google's custom Linux web servers would probably be futile as the actual information is spread over thousands of different systems all over the world. One would also have to be highly skilled to find a vulnerability (if one even exists), and avoid detection. I somehow doubt that somebody asking "Is it OK if I try to hack my OWN gmail account?" would have the requisite skills.
The more likely scenario is infecting a user's PC with a keystroke logging<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging>Trojan via a malicious website. That is hardly hacking/cracking though. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Michael Methot <majjm1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Heh, this gave me a nice little fit of the giggles. Thanks for that mate, > was having a rather bleak afternoon. > > I am actually rather interested in knowing exactly what he wanted to try > now though. > On Jun 17, 2013 1:32 PM, "Kenneth Ayers" <justkenn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I guess he thinks it's ok if he's breaking into his own account. Maybe >> he's going to try to guess the answers to his own security questions or >> something. :) >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Michael Methot <majjm1...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> No, it is not legal. You would be using malicious code to access a >>> server you do not own. It would violate not only Googles own terms of >>> service, but several laws as well. >>> >>> Cheerios >>> On Jun 16, 2013 3:35 PM, "L. Stefan" <eff...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello! I have a question regarding my gmail account. Is it OK if I try >>>> to hack my OWN gmail account? I have acces to it but I'd like to try to >>>> hack it for education purposes. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
