Yes, I know, it's a great thing when you want to read a news article on a local newspaper's site, and don't want to sign up for their bullshit.

If you use a username and password for a video game web site from BugMeNot, however, you're a fucking idiot, because guess who also thought that was a good idea? Lots and lots of people who commit all kinds of fraud.

See, there are a number of fraud prevention firms who grab little packets of data from your system, called a "black box". These are unique to every system, or at least to every motherboard. This allows financial institutions, game companies, and basically anyone who has any interest at all in blocking people capable of getting around the more conventional methods to block you by system, and to indicate to other users of these services that your system has been blocked.

Naturally, anyone with any interest in fraud deterrence keeps an eye on the accounts posted on BugMeNot. The blocks placed on these accounts are contagious, and spread to your system if you're stupid enough to use such an account. Using BugMeNot to troll a video game forum, for example, is like crawling around on the floor of a swingers club and emptying the used condoms you find up your ass.

So don't come crying to me because your account is banned and you have literally dozens of evidence types placed on you from banks, other game publishers, and even online dating sites.