Numbuk wrote:
CRIS was the database we AOLers had access to that contained everyone's info. It's what the guy used to find Sandra Bullock. Months later a few of us were kind of curious as to which celebrities actually used AOL or not. Trent Reznor? Never used it. But at least 50 people tried to fake being him. When it came time to bill the credit card, the name didn't match and the account was cancelled. Other celebrities who did use AOL at the dawn of the World Wide Web as we know it today? Valerie Britton Van Halen, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newstead, and Steve Vai.
Ahhh yes... CRIS abuse. Those were the days. I looked up many a celebrity, friend, and family member with that. Then some guys had to get a gay sailor ejected from the military by coaxing account info out of a phone rep and next thing you know, usage was getting audited.
I used to love those days of kicking people offline, disconnecting their screen names from their account, signing off with them, and then IM'ing their other names with it. I pissed off many a wannabe hacker that way.