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Accounts can become associated even if you don't have any idea who the other player is. Here's how it can happen.

Every Internet Service Provider is supplied with a set of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, depending on the size of their "territory." These IP addresses are used and reused on a rotating basis as customers of the ISP log on and off the Internet. So, every time you log on, your device is assigned a currently unused IP address. When you log off, that number becomes available for someone else, and you receive a different one the next time you log on.

The programming that governs the Associated Accounts checks IP addresses, in addition to checking email addresses registered when the Hunt and Jump account is created. So, if you log into the game using a public Wi-Fi, like in an airport, hotel, or at McDonalds, to name a few, your account can become associated with another one that has used that same public access.

In addition, your account can become associated with another player who uses the same large ISP--AOL, for instance, even if you've never been in the same place.

Bwahaha! And another one bites the dust joins the dedicated membership!