EVE General Discussion

API keys are part of the game, Eveboard is an extension of the game, we use it to do background checks, if someone gives me their api key I can do with it whatever I want, give it away, use it to gather intel, etc. Eveboard is a place where you POST (There are no accounts on eveboard) your api key, you can help protect it by putting a password but since its an extension of the game its no different then guessing a POS password. If you want to make it harder for people to get your api key then put a better password on it. Ill reiterate what I said eariler and that eveboard is just an api reader its a tool and IS part of the game. So if lying, cheating, scamming, hacking passwords (unless its to get into the actual account) its all legit its in the game there for part of the universe. Maybe Chribba can put a disclaimer on his site clarifying this but its really doesn't matter since its all public information.

[quote=Lucius Exitiusbut since its an extension of the game its no different then guessing a POS password.[/quote]

This is where you're getting confused. It's related to the game, but is not an extension of it.

Just think of it this way, the rules of EVE, such as it being OK to guess a POS password, only apply when dealing with specific EVE services, specifically, those through the game client once logged in. Even then there are major restrictions, such as not trying to get access to other peoples accounts, name cloning etc.

Sooner or later a GM might pop up and make it quite clear that CCP has no control over third party services, and that their EULA and TOS has no relevance to the services they provide.

This is where you're getting confused. It's related to the game, but is not an extension of it.

Just think of it this way, the rules of EVE, such as it being OK to guess a POS password, only apply when dealing with specific EVE services, specifically, those through the game client once logged in. Even then there are major restrictions, such as not trying to get access to other peoples accounts, name cloning etc.

Sooner or later a GM might pop up and make it quite clear that CCP has no control over third party services, and that their EULA and TOS has no relevance to the services they provide.[/quote]


Then how do you read the api keys in game? YOU POST YOUR API on EVEBOARD POST being the key word there.

NSA already has all this info and is laughing at you for thinking your **** isn't public.

To be clear, he said he did it.

I don't even need more than 5 words to trump your pitiful attempts to troll a response.

And this was done in just 1 sentence folks! I think we have a badass amongst us.

The more important question is, does he even know that his TItan was killed being that he was logged off when it happened and he only logs on to skill????!!!!!!

Wow, this thread is almost 10 pages and full of internet lawyers.


Ban OP, gas thread, and nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure to get all the internet lawyers.

You're quoting me, quoting the lawyer who writes that blog. The statement is his, not mine. As he is an actual lawyer and you are a cheeto-eating, redbull-drinking, Onanistic recluse, I'm going with his opinion over yours.

It's EVE. What did you expect?

I think hacking a container in a game, or even corp theft for that matter all done in game, is perfectly legal.

It's when you are out of the game, at a browser or terminal, and crack into an account, that things get dicey.


But like i said before, it all depends on who you are (at least in my country). If you are with the "in" crowd you can get caught hacking phones and have your own show on CNN still or run an entire news network. If you are not in the "in crowd" or perhaps have publicly gone against it, then even the hacking of a secure container might land you in trouble. At the least, even if a judge throws it out later, the "message" is sent by the SWAT raid you get regardless of the crime or the charge.