I understand the reason why a signed message from bitcoin address is a valid way to recover a hacked account.
I am no idiot on the reason why.
The only reason why I said this is ridiculous is because such method is the one and only method accepted to validate an account, which if a member never posted any address, not from bitcoin not from any altcoin and not from any shitcoin, then his hacked account is as good as 100% guaranteed gone.
This is the reason why I said it is ridiculous, certainly has absolutely nothing to do with naivety.
Come to think of this, how did businesses recover stolen/hacked account before the time of blockchain?
Can we say ALL accounts that got stolen/hacked before the existence of the blockchain were 100% not recoverable?
Surely if we think signed message from bitcoin address is the one and only solution is itself not a form of naivety, then I don't know what is.
And while some hacker can fake being hacked (nothing can leave the human imagination), we should also be clear that a person may be a genuine victim of a hack despite posting no bitcoin address.
Although it would be very hard to prove the victim is genuinely a victim, the fact that the whole investigation rely solely on signed bitcoin messages is itself ridiculous.
If the email address cannot be edited, then any hacked account would not be permanent as the rightful owner can simply request for a new password recovery.
If the email address can be edited, then complications arise, thus requiring signed bitcoin messages.
If we are worried that the user might lose his email too, then the forum can do 2nd validation through the user's phone.
If we are worried the user might lose his email, lose his phone and his account gets hacked all at the same time, then I believe that would be sheer bad luck.
It would be as bad luck as stacking a bitcoin address here but the user can't send signed message because he happen to lose his wallet/private key too.
The person that accuse me of being naive is outright insulting and not helping even a tiny.