Arvind got a message on his msn messenger supposedly from me.
The message was: My password is redunderwear and my credit card number is 9876 2353 2876 2223.
Twenty minutes later:
Arvind says: (3:26:49 AM)
dai did you message me?
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:26:57 AM)
nope
Arvind says: (3:27:14 AM)
something about redunderwear and a credit card number
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:27:27 AM)
thats my password
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:27:30 AM)
how did you know?
Arvind says: (3:27:51 AM)
well you messaged me in the middle of a meeting when everyone was staring at my screen
Arvind says: (3:27:52 AM)
lol
Arvind says: (3:28:00 AM)
anyway, I pretended it was spam!
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:28:02 AM)
oh! i didnt message you
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:28:10 AM)
must be spam
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:28:14 AM)
what was the number?
Arvind says: (3:28:24 AM)
I don’t have it now, it closed
Arvind says: (3:28:28 AM)
but it was you for sure
Arvind says: (3:28:40 AM)
you said your password was redunderwear and the credit card number was something
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:28:53 AM)
must be some virus
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:29:09 AM)
or one of those autogenerated mischief cookies
Arvind says: (3:29:16 AM)
not on a mac
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:29:33 AM)
hmmm, what time was this?
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:29:47 AM)
redunderwear is my password
Arvind says: (3:30:27 AM)
20 mins back
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:30:46 AM)
its 3.30 here in india now and there’s no one else here
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:30:53 AM)
3.30 a.m.
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:31:03 AM)
gotto be a spambot
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:31:09 AM)
that has found out my pwd
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:31:15 AM)
i hope it hasnt sent it to everyone
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:31:54 AM)
did it say anything else?
Arvind says: (3:33:10 AM)
i don’t know
Arvind says: (3:33:17 AM)
only the first message pops up on my screen
Arvind says: (3:33:26 AM)
after that I closed the program
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:34:11 AM)
hope people just did the same
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:34:17 AM)
dont want my credit card number at risk
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:34:28 AM)
how does it keep track of passwords and credit card numbers?
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:34:37 AM)
i think amazon isnt secure
Arvind says: (3:35:22 AM)
how is amazon involved?
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:35:38 AM)
been using my credit card on amazon quite a bit
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:35:41 AM)
over the last month
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:35:47 AM)
oh and once on rediff
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:35:52 AM)
and my books still havent come
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:35:58 AM)
must be rediff then
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:36:04 AM)
they had free shipping
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:36:17 AM)
and i found two Lost spin off novels
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:36:20 AM)
they are rare
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:36:24 AM)
so i ordered them
Arvind says: (3:36:33 AM)
ok
Arvind says: (3:36:48 AM)
Something fishy about the whole thing
Arvind says: (3:37:05 AM)
I’ve never heard of IM clients sending out messages on their own
Arvind says: (3:37:11 AM)
so, what IM software are you using
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:37:22 AM)
msn messenger
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:37:26 AM)
that i downloaded for mac
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:37:30 AM)
long ago
Arvind says: (3:37:39 AM)
hmm
Arvind says: (3:37:58 AM)
should be fine
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:38:09 AM)
hope so!
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:38:16 AM)
wokay me off to sleep now…
Arvind says: (3:38:19 AM)
alright
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:38:23 AM)
Have a great All Fool’s Day machchi!
Sudhish Kamath says: (3:38:24 AM)
😀
Arvind says: (3:38:27 AM)
Sukumar also joined the cult of mac
Arvind says: (3:38:29 AM)
wotha
Arvind says: (3:38:38 AM)
should’ve known
If not for such cheap thrills, how would I get sleep on April 1? 😀
MADRAS INK. 