There is one thing that still needs adjustment on Bitcointalk forum, there is no 2FA yet and there is no security password been forward to email address for confirmation, anyone can just insert email and password over and over again without any worries of getting verification code sent into email address or other ways
I guess using 2FA at your email (like mentioned by ice18) is the best bet at this moment.....
Not many users set a secret question for account.
Why tho? is it riskier to setup a secret question? is it better to leave it blank? Now i hesitate to put a secret question.Not many users set a secret question for account.
It's kinda risky, and I prefer leaving it blank and using the staked address route instead. Even Theymos himself, the forum admin, placed a warning message:
https://i.imgur.com/Z4cA3yU.png
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Not many users set a secret question for account.
Why tho? is it riskier to setup a secret question? is it better to leave it blank? Now i hesitate to put a secret question.Not many users set a secret question for account.
It's kinda risky, and I prefer leaving it blank and using the staked address route instead. Even Theymos himself, the forum admin, placed a warning message:
https://i.imgur.com/Z4cA3yU.png
I don't know if that could be a proof or not, but i also made some trades selling some digital goods at this forum tho. I don't know if it helps or not.
If there are posts for trades with addresses before the hack and you are still able to sign a message from it, it can be considered as proof of ownership.Addresses should be bitcoin not Ethereum. Moderators and admins are keen on Bitcoin address and bitcoin signed message as proof. It is a bitcointalk forum, not Ethereumtalk forum.
Other than what some members wrote above I would also suggest that you should be very careful when you receive any personal messages in forum and don't trust or click any links you receive.
This is one example that happened in my case and maybe it can help others:
How Scammer tried to Hack my Bitcointalk and how to Protect yourself?
This is one example that happened in my case and maybe it can help others:
How Scammer tried to Hack my Bitcointalk and how to Protect yourself?
Other than what some members wrote above I would also suggest that you should be very careful when you receive any personal messages in forum and don't trust or click any links you receive.
This is one example that happened in my case and maybe it can help others:
How Scammer tried to Hack my Bitcointalk and how to Protect yourself?
Nice information @dkbit98, most times it's always about phishing links, this is the easiest way for scammers to get users full details and passwords, it's why I believe that verification code will help this forum alot, I don't bother signing in and out of my forum account since I'm always active but I do hope that in future we will get 2FA activated on BitcointalkThis is one example that happened in my case and maybe it can help others:
How Scammer tried to Hack my Bitcointalk and how to Protect yourself?
.For the 2FA, that would flip this forum 180 degree, since it really is such a good addition to security for this forum.