RE: Changing Our Password Policy
July 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2012 at 3:13 pm by Tiberius.)
(July 21, 2012 at 3:05 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: Seeing as it would of taken more than a few guesses and that if guessed wrong three times in a row would alert the mods and me by email. That is what happens if guessed wrong three times?As far as I'm aware, you get 5 attempts, then you have to wait 15 minutes. Nobody is alerted.
Quote:There is another security system you could add you know. The computer or phone you use to access the site will be recognised as your primary or secondary device and that should someone attempt to log into your account with an unknown device it will alert the staff and me. Facebook has it. Even lets me know if I guessed the password wrong even the once.A nice system, but it tends to be (a) very hard to integrate, and (b) annoying with all the false positives.
(July 21, 2012 at 3:09 pm)WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth Wrote: The reason we are upset is because we HAVE to change it.The way I see it:
If you already had a secure password, changing it is no biggie; you can simply change it to the same password.
If you didn't have a secure password, your account was potentially hackable, and we're doing you a favour by making you change it.
Like I said before, if you really want to leave, go ahead. I'll point out though that you've had 2 whole days to register any complaints and make a massive fuss, yet apart from a few grumbles, nobody ever really challenged it. To start complaining after we've made the change that we told you we'd make is ridiculous.
