Gloves | 12,269 Administrator · Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Hey all, in the ongoing battle for keeping the site secure, we're going to be moving to email-only sign-in in the near future. What does this mean? Currently you probably log in to the site with your username. You'll need to start logging in using the email you signed up with. Why? Security is the primary reason. Basically, your username is public information (everyone on the internet can see your username) and is currently half of the information needed to log into your account (the other half being your password). If you have a weak password (I imagine at least some folks do) then a malicious person would just have to guess your password (botting tools are often used) and they can gain access. On the other hand, NOBODY knows your email on the site except for admins and moderators with special access. When? The site's login system has been as-is for a few years now, so a little bit more time won't hurt, but you all know security is important here and we want to do our best to support the community and keep your information as private and protected as possible. I anticipate that I'll press the proverbial button within a month's time. I'm making an announcement bar at the top of the site so everyone who logs in has a chance to see it. If you have any issues or concerns let me know directly, or post in here. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,882 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 As an oldschool internet dude, I've always been a little recalcitrant on the email-address-as-username thing, but this makes sense. So okay I'm on board. And while I'm here let me just take this opportunity to also say thank you and no amount of thanks will ever be enough, for what you have done and continue to do for this community. It was really disappointing how N*Age ignored your honest suggestions for improvement or just maintenance, like the SSL cert, a pretty basic part of the functionality of any website. yeah And when they imploded by lack of care, you among others but you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 753 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Thanks, Gloves. Always appreciate your efforts to keep the ship afloat. Here's an extra 1-UP just for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,105 Social Team · Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 VGSpassword not a good password? I'll switch it to vgsPASSWORD. Supper sneaky to not capitalize VGS. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,269 Administrator · Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Link said: As an oldschool internet dude, I've always been a little recalcitrant on the email-address-as-username thing, but this makes sense. So okay I'm on board. And while I'm here let me just take this opportunity to also say thank you and no amount of thanks will ever be enough, for what you have done and continue to do for this community. It was really disappointing how N*Age ignored your honest suggestions for improvement or just maintenance, like the SSL cert, a pretty basic part of the functionality of any website. yeah And when they imploded by lack of care, you among others but you As an oldschool internet dude myself, I appreciate your apt use of the term "recalcitrant". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360collector | 289 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Gloves seeing geeks with easy passwords 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,123 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Gloves said: As an oldschool internet dude myself, I appreciate your apt use of the term "recalcitrant". TIL that was even a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,712 Editorials Team · Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 One of my professors in college would go on scheduled tirades about (among other things) how bad Amazon's website was, how dumb we all were for not spending our time exactly as he did in college, and... how dumb websites were for using email addresses as logins. "email addresses change!" Discussions would ensue, usually the same ones over and over. Anyway, I'm just reminded of that professor. Thanks for keeping us secure @Gloves. If anyone needs help choosing a nice, secure password, here are some suggestions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,269 Administrator · Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, Splain said: One of my professors in college would go on scheduled tirades about (among other things) how bad Amazon's website was, how dumb we all were for not spending our time exactly as he did in college, and... how dumb websites were for using email addresses as logins. "email addresses change!" Discussions would ensue, usually the same ones over and over. Anyway, I'm just reminded of that professor. Thanks for keeping us secure @Gloves. If anyone needs help choosing a nice, secure password, here are some suggestions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwords Fortunately you can always change your email address on the site lol. Just gotta log in first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,105 Social Team · Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 39 minutes ago, Gloves said: Fortunately you can always change your email address on the site lol. Just gotta log in first! I don't know if it's good practice but I know some require you to approve the e-mail change be sending you an e-mail to that address you don't want to use any more. I really wish I didn't use my college e-mail account for everything when I was in college. But that could just be me not liking how my college handled my e-mail account 5 years later. Though it IS a step up from using my AOL e-mail that I had prior to college. Damn me for not realizing gmail was the real e-mail account to use for long term accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,882 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Splain said: If anyone needs help choosing a nice, secure password, here are some suggestions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwords My password is ******* and yours is Hunter2, right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 534 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 I'm back in BAYBAY! Thanks to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodysGameRoom | 2,014 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 19 hours ago, Gloves said: As an oldschool internet dude myself, I appreciate your apt use of the term "recalcitrant". Uh could you guys stop mentioning my password? Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,533 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Can we get a decoder ring and a secret handshake too? Just saying..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,269 Administrator · Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tabonga said: Can we get a decoder ring and a secret handshake too? Just saying..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,533 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, Gloves said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 4,107 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I feel like if someone hacked into my VGS account they could only improve people’s opinions of me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,123 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 11:59 PM, Link said: My password is ******* and yours is Hunter2, right? Mine is password7. Nobody is ever going to guess to put a 7 on the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,105 Social Team · Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_DiscaL | 1 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I'm on board too, albeit still with the a lingering sense of recalcitrant discomfort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armageddon Potato | 130 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I remember wayyyyy back in the day if a bot hacked your account it would use it to spam WoW power leveling, and Russian handbags, lmao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 3,160 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 8:31 AM, Gloves said: If you have a weak password (I imagine at least some folks do) Clearly you've never seen the password restrictions for VGS They are more severe than my online banking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,105 Social Team · Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Sumez said: Clearly you've never seen the password restrictions for VGS They are more severe than my online banking. Have you ever had the problem of a online site NOT allowing special characters or having too long of a password. This is why all of my shit does two factor authentication when possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 595 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I am actually looking at changing my email to another account, is it actually going to require responding to a confirmation email to the old account in order to finalize the change, or do you just log in and change it and you're done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,269 Administrator · Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 hour ago, koifish said: I am actually looking at changing my email to another account, is it actually going to require responding to a confirmation email to the old account in order to finalize the change, or do you just log in and change it and you're done? I think it'd be a confirmation email on the new account. The change won't take place until the new year as has been requested, so you have some time. Pm me if you need a hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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