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Password question

What’s this new password message all about?!!
Nuno · Admin
We identified a number of users who don't have a password set on their account (such as users who have signed up with Google/Apple, for example), so the only way to log in is through a link on an email, or using Google/Apple, or by being lucky that the "browser cookie" is still active.

If you are seeing a message to set a password, we recommend you do it to prevent yourself from getting locked out.
Nuno · Admin
[quote]@BetweenKittensandRiots Also additionally I hope our passwords on the back end are salted and peppered and use a strong algorithm and not md5.[/quote]

As per our Privacy Policy:

[quote]We store your passwords using an encryption/hashing algorithm specifically designed for this purpose. We have no way of knowing what your password is, using the data we store in our database.[/quote]

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[quote]@BetweenKittensandRiots I'm asking SW here to Implement 2 Factor Authenication. It's the least intrusive and best security model I'm aware of so far.[/quote]

This is something that has crossed our minds and we can consider implementing.
@Nuno Well you know my sentiments I gave them away to you after a long history of Terrorizing AOL by breaking into accounts I can honestly say I don't believe in Passwords because it's been over 20 years and the 200 worst passwords are still used to death.

https://brobible.com/culture/article/200-worst-passwords-of-2021/

That list is almost the same as it was in 1999. for as much as Security and breaking into things have been upgraded and changed password hygiene is practically non existent. seriously it's been 2 decades since the I love you virus bug and the most common route of getting infected with a virus for all organizations is over email.

Chew on that for awhile. It's as though the earth stood still on the security front.

[media=https://youtu.be/soZyb6lMx4c]

I might have gotten smarter, almost no one else did.

[media=https://youtu.be/tHUi04CwSFk]
Stefanv · 56-60, M
@Nuno but I do have a password and have never signed in any other way!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
No idea to what you are referring. 🤷🏻‍♂️
What password message???
I haven’t seen it

 
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