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Killozap

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Someone downloading with my Nickname?
« on: December 03, 2010, 04:23:41 PM »
Hi,

i have a guy who ist downloading using an amule 2.2.6, too, and he is using my nickname.

I don't think that someone looked at my name and changed his name, i think that this is a changed version of amule or another client copying data or it is a malfunction of my amule-client showing the wrong name to me.

Any hints?

Thanks a lot and kind regards

Killozap
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Re: Someone downloading with my Nickname?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2010, 07:15:03 PM »
Some clients copy data. It's a known fact, they do it automatically - shows like your name to you, but as my name to me.
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Re: Someone downloading with my Nickname?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2010, 05:16:34 PM »
It's a nick thief feature. There's no benefit in it anymore.

In the past some eMule mods had a feature that when you add certain tags (like [ACME]) to your nickname and other with the same tag wanted to download from you, they would get a better position in your upload queue. Therefore when the client steals your nick it would have a nick with the same tag in it that you entered, so he would get an upload "boost". AFAIK that's the whole story behind it.
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Killozap

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Re: Someone downloading with my Nickname?
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2010, 05:19:41 PM »
OK, in fact this needs a client with that feature and an user who does not know anything and has activated that because it sounds cool :)
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Re: Someone downloading with my Nickname?
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2010, 10:27:10 AM »
Yeah, nothing useful and neither dangerous!
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Re: Someone downloading with my Nickname?
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2010, 04:42:34 PM »
It's interesting what nicks will be chosen if both sides have this feature activated...
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Re: Someone downloading with my Nickname?
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 06:32:42 PM »
The default one of the first client to contact the other one. Sorry to burst your mindfuck bubble.
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