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Re: Account hacked -- should I blame admins or not?
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zoeh
on 07/12/2018, 09:23:55 UTC
This is what was happening, the bitcointalk team was telling me that the email has changed. I mean, what happened to " Confirm that you are changing the email by clicking this option? Even a site that was built a day ago has that.
Why would you need this option? I mean clearly if you are not the one who have changed your email then you would only need the link provided in the email which lets you lock your account for recovery which they did. If you are asking for the "confirm that you are changing the email" option you are only giving the hackers a favor for you to fuck up your own account. I don't know why you are putting the blame to them as clearly your password has been obtained by someone from your computer, my advice is if you have any desktop wallets in your pc you should transfer the funds before nothing is left from your compromised pc.
What is  this discussion about? Please stop asking the obvious. They would need option because user accounts are getting hacked by other users. If user accounts just get hacked like that then this means that something should be done security wise for the sake of the forum reputation and safety of the users. 
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Why would you need this option?
Do you still think the forum doesn't need this option?
You need to understand that the lock link expires within 14 days, so not everyone is always in their mailbox, some individuals hardly visit their mailbox.
Our admins should just configure a software that will accommodate all the users and secure at the same time.


Although i don't exactly agree with your proposal regarding the "confirm email" "problem", i do think that the forum can definitely improve on a number of things, and is HEAVILY lacking on certain features in comparison to other forums.
My point exactly, there is always a room for improvements. Lets just wait for the new forum software, probably it will have a lot more to offer. Probably the number of hacked accounts and other security vulnerabilities will decrease due to the new forum software.