How Can I Let Them Know?!

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I am on a building Internet network at home (or whetever the technical term is).

My connection went down on Saturday, and, while doing my technophobic best to reconnect, I found myself in the ‘My Network Places’ area. To my surprise, I could access the computers of half my neighbours. :astonished:

Many of them are unknowingly sharing their personal documents, e-mails, financial statements, and even homemade S & M porn videos. :flog:

I thought this to be hilarious at first, but now I feel they should know about their blunder, particularly the bondage buddies. :blush:

How can I let them know without embarrassing them? :s I’m serious!

Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Stray Dog

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Print a still from one of the movies and post it in the elevator, with the faces blanked out. They’ll get the message :wink:

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In order to fully assess the situation and provide you with adequate counsel, I will need to review all of the evidence, starting with the above.

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Yeah, thanks guys. :unamused:

I’m trying to be a decent neighbour here. I’ve already stopped watching the videos every day. :smiley:

I’m obviously flogging a dead horse here, but any other suggestions? :help:

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This is funny.

If it weren’t you, I’d assume this was a joke…

The way I see it, you have three options:

  1. Blackmail them, and use the proceeds to care for stray pets.

  2. Invite them over for a beer, and then ask them if you can film them in action, to sell the videos to raise money for stray pets.

  3. Slip them a note under the door, or electronically, letting them know the deal, and that they might want to be more careful, use encryption, etc… Basically, in order to let them know, you’re probably going to have to embarass them. But that’s better than not saying anything. Or you could let them know you could see into their computer, but pretend you didn’t see anything private.

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Don’t be a prude, describe to us in detail what is on the videos.

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Okay, that’s it. I always resisted to peek into the Wireless networks of my neighbours, but tonight I will do :blush:

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Basically, there is no way to let them know without embarrassing them to some degree. Maybe, like Dragonbones said, get an anonymous note written up in Chinese saying they should check what they are sharing on the network, slipped under the doors of all the appropriate apartments.

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Emmm… if you can access their files, you can probably add a file to their computer called “Read me quick” or something like that.

Of course it will read something like “I happened to notice that some of your files are accessible. Of course I would never dream of opening any of them, and thought I would let you know before any other neighbours do.”

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My FTP server is at your command. :smiling_imp:

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Irishstu, would the fle show that it was me who wrote it?

By the way, I am shocked at the number of people who have asked me, either online or in person, to share the videos. Those of you who know me personally should appreciate that I would never do such a thing. Not for free.

I kind of like the idea of putting notes under doors saying that I was able to access their e-mails, or something similar, so that they think “Thank god he didn’t see us Gimping!”

Can I ‘unshare’ their stuff for them?

(I actually think the administrator should have done something about it a long time ago, because for sure he knows. Cruel, funny bastard.)

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Firstly, I don’t think they can tell who the note is from if you just write it in Notepad. If you right-click on the file and go to Properties, you can see stuff like the author’s name, etc, but you need to add that info manually. If you’re in any doubt, write it, save it, and check the properties.

To be honest, I bet they wouldn’t even know how to look at the properties, given that their videos are readily available for everyone to see (You sure they didn’t do that on purpose? :P)

You can’t unshare their files (that I know off), but depending on their permissions settings, you can probably delete them :smiling_imp:

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Send copies to Dragonbones to swap people’s heads around or something so that they know their files have been messed with.

Or drop a file onto the desktop telling them how to disable sharing.

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Personally, I think it’s not a good idea to alter anything on someones desktop… it seems a lot more invasive then just dropping a note under the door/in mailbox

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A note under the door sounds best. I would feel very invaded if someone lobbed something on my computer. Do you know which apartments they live in?

If you don’t then a note on the computers would be helpful.

anything public might see others not so noble as you checking stuff out.

Is your security all in place? Do they have access to your computer?

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Yes. I agree. If you know who they are and where they live, then a note under the door would be better.

Otherwise, leave a note on their computer. Unfortunately, it might actually be quite dodgy, legally-speaking, to do that.

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:bravo:

I could have a LOT of fun with this one. :smiley: I think I’ll add Lien Chan’s face, for starters…

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Stray Dog,
At least post some stills … we need to know some more specifics … in terms of props, sizes, use of force, etc. … in order to make a proper judgment. Since they’re into S&M, you never know … they could try some of it on you if you embarrass them or make them lose face … so just let us see so we can be sure … please … dont make me walk over to your desk and beg! :blush:

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Well, after describing the ‘sceanarios’ to Magnolia, he has put me right on my terminology - apparently, it’s not S & M; it’s bondage. Apologies for my error - put it down to inexperience. :sunglasses:

I feel it’s not my place to publicize exactly the goings on, but I think I can safely say that what I found most disgusting in the whole series of videos … was their furniture! :sick:

p.s. I don’t want you to come to my desk and beg, either. :s

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[quote=“Stray Dog”]Well, after describing the ‘sceanarios’ to Magnolia, he has put me right on my terminology - apparently, it’s not S & M; it’s bondage. Apologies for my error - put it down to inexperience. :sunglasses:

I feel it’s not my place to publicize exactly the goings on, but I think I can safely say that what I found most disgusting in the whole series of videos … was their furniture! :sick:

p.s. I don’t want you to come to my desk and beg, either. :s[/quote]

Well that’s good that Magnolia set you straight … so to speak … But you at least have to tell us what they were using to tie each other up with? Lace? Leather? Rope? :blush: