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RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I recently got a new job whose details I'm not going to disclose right now. One of the other employees recently left on a visa run, and they have me sitting at his computer.

It didn't take me long before I discovered this computer had been used to access ESL Cafe in the past. I had no way of knowing who he was, only that he'd made a number of posts and PMs and looked at a lot of threads about visa runs (thankfully not about pulling a runner). All week my mind has been running overtime wondering which one of you I now work with. I only met the guy one day and he seemed nice. Could he be one of my many ESL Cafe enemies?

Anyway, I figured out a simple way to find his identity, and just solved the mystery. I don't think I can announce it until he knows though.

Oh, and to my undisclosed coworker, don't worry, I haven't been snooping around too much. Have a good trip and come back soon.

R-Seoul · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Location: your place

Get your mitts off my PC cueball.

aphase · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

You've been reading his PM's? Thats pretty wrong don't you think? I'd be pissed if i were him, i guess your lucky that its not me.

nobbyken · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^

Maybe the threads he looked at all had a common poster.
He would have to be logged or the user to have his name and password remembered to read pm's. He wouldn't have to start a thread, unless he wanted to wind up the other person which is just naughty.

aphase · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

Even if the browser was set to remember the other users Login information, I still find it wrong to be reading his pm's. That's like reading someone's private letters they have sitting in their desk drawer while they are away.

Adventurer · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

It is improper to invade someone's privacy and look at their PMs. I would not feel comfortable working with someone who did that. I wouldn't even want my own wife, if I were married, to go through my stuff. There is something called the right to privacy.

Draz · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam

If he'd read the PMs, he'd have no problem finding out who it was. Duh! He saw "Korean Job Discussion Forums :: Private Messaging" in the history. Rolling Eyes

Flash Ipanema · Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Location: Seoul

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

BigBuds · Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Location: Changwon

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

By the way, there is possibility nobody's mentioned. Maybe my secret coworker is RACETRAITOR and he left himself logged in when he left.

If I know him as well as I think, he'd have a laugh over it.

aphase · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

Ok I misunderstood. When you mentioned PM's I thought that meant you had actual access to them. I suppose your not evil after all.

Yesterday · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:11 am Post subject:

YOU have already met him before (once) - so you know who he is...

He uses Daves cafe - so what?

he is probably reading this post now..

he probably has already taken a dislike to you...

how much do you want to keep your office job?

sojourner1 · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:47 am Post subject:

Oh yes, computers save user names and email addresses. When you go to the log in fields, the previous users info except their passwords come up with the auto form fill thing. You can type each letter one at a time to see what user names have been entered starting with that letter. Smart people turn off auto fill and delete cookies after each session.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004