Security Enhancements

Great idea, I've seen a lot of hacked and spam account recently......

 

Not liking this at all.

 

There's a checkbox you can click that says "trust this device" for 30 days. Then you don't have to do the email code every time.

 

weeding out the riff raff - I'm insulted.

 

I didn't get that checkbox. If I am on my home computer, it should always be trusted.

 

I was going to screenshot mine to show the checkbox, but now that I've checked it, I can't go back to that screen (presumably for 30 days). I dunno. I'm no tech wizard, just beating on keys like a monkey here. Maybe @SnoSheriff can explain better.

 

THAT, my friend, made for a good laugh.

 

Yes, the box is there, but you had to scroll down below where you type in the code. Also, once you’re in, you can’t go back to that page until either your ‘cookie’ expires, or you clear the cache, or your timed-out.

I also made a post in the Hangout Lounge……..I didn’t see Sno’s announcement here, til just now.

 

The 30-day extension is fine by me. It was rapidly a pain in the arse having to sign in every time.

 

Let me just add that it was me who brought this issue to SnoSheriff's attention, because although this site (and probably all other forums) have always had "spam" accounts ("Date Pretty Girls Here" links, etc.), the last batch of these (starting a couple of months ago) were from registered user accounts....meaning, someone wasn't just doing drive-by spamming, they were actively hijacking already-existing accounts (username, passwords, and e-mail addreses, etc.) ----which is an entirely more serious type of problem.

Probably some of you who got hijacked don't even know it happened, as I would kill the thread / "ghost account" as soon as they popped up.

Although the 2-step authentication (every time you log in, or, as Hogfiddles points out, every 30-days if you decide to "stay logged in" to your account once you sign on) is something new and different, it's easy enough to get used to and it should all but eliminate this type of problem.

 

Of course this leaves only one obvious issue. Where do I go now to "Date Pretty Girls"??

 

Ahem, cough cough..... AND MEEEE... cough cough.... from the little scrawny kid in the back row frantically waving his hand and jumping up and down——

 

And Dave did too! In fact he probably beat me to it!! (but it was a photo-finish). Sorry about that Dave, I thought you were just indicating you had to go to the bathroom.

 

Hi, I'm new to this forum, well my new me is new to this forum...
2 factor authentication would not email me with a password, so I've temporarily given up on it - not a bad thing maybe not posting, since much of what I post is drivel anyway, but, it means I can't open up pics, and that is a shame I think.
Anyway @SnoSheriff , if you have any suggestions how to fix the emailing code issue I'm all ears, then we can delete me, the new, or second minimuttly if you will.

 

I understand the need for this, just helps out and cuts down some work for the admin people. I had to use the QR code as the email link is not working. Tried for three days with the email link, nothing in the inbox or spam folder for me. The QR code worked right away, though, so that is good news. Good-looking out for the forum to keep it safe and secure. I thank you guys for keeping up with the times.

 

Possibly you originally used a different email address?

 

Just checked my setting, same as my login as far as I can tell. It is a yahoo account, so that might have something to do with it? I downloaded the QR app on my phone and will just have to use that.

 

email address was correct, this username uses a different one (because I expected the registration to crosscheck and throw it out if it found a duplicate).