No password under debbie's umbrella?

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Nathan H.

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Warning: I only recently started reading Mr Mercedes. Please don't ruin the fun.

If I understand correctly, when you sign up to the chat website, you only get a username? The letter did not include a password, only a username.

Doesn't that mean if I know someone's username (which I do since I chat with them), I can login under their account, impersonate them and read their chats??

That doesn't sound like a very privacy-minded service ....
Or am I missing something?
 

FlakeNoir

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oh, but I'm not asking about the real website, I'm asking about the fictional site within the book! haha
Re-read the original question. I'm not trying to login to that fake website. I'm asking about the plot/logic in the book.
:laugh: My bad! Sorry about that.
I'd have to re-read that part of the story, but it does sound suspect when you put it that way, yes.