Quote from: Maxstl007 on Today at 07:50:09 AM

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.

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Quote from: SquirrelJulietGarden on Today at 07:15:24 AM

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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.

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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Quote from: SquirrelJulietGarden on Today at 07:15:24 AM

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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.

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

It's risky indeed because the question can be forgotten too but I wonder how someone would guess your question right, it depends on what type of question you are asking though, if this is a must one must ask a very tough question that's only know to themselves, it's better to create a very strong password than using a question and answer strategy, with strong password there won't be any problem

Ah i see, although, why did Theymos made that feature tho?

Quote from: SquirrelJulietGarden on Today at 09:29:11 AM

Quote from: Redoubt on Today at 07:47:26 AM

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.

I might do some more research on my own past self, who knows i actually post one in the past. Although, the problem is the wallet that i mainly use at that time is from blockchain.info (which somehow now changed into blockchain.com). And as far as i know the website itself doesn't have the tool to sign a message using my old bitcoin address. I may tinker a little bit, since on a post titled How to sign a message?! there's a way but kinda hacky.

Quote from: dkbit98 on Today at 09:54:06 AM

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?

Quote from: Apostlekin$$$ on Today at 10:09:02 AM

Quote from: dkbit98 on Today at 09:54:06 AM

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 Bitcointalk

Alright will put extra caution on those personal messages that i receive, thanks for the info Cheesy

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For the 2FA, that would flip this forum 180 degree, since it really is such a good addition to security for this forum.

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