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Title: bitcoin talk account security Post by: xwshamim on July 23, 2017, 12:32:25 PM how can I make my btalk account more secure?
and save it from hacking. can anyone give me information? Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: hilariousetc on July 23, 2017, 01:00:57 PM Post a (preferably) signed address here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.5520
And don't get hacked. Use a strong password and don't log onto any phishing sites. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: Roboabhishek on July 24, 2017, 11:09:22 AM What I prefer is keep changing your password every 1 or 2 months because I have seen some cases of my friends who used the same password on other websites and their DB got leaked then their passwords were open source and they didn't even know about it till I made a search on his email on google.
What I found was insane a list of email IDs and passwords on 3rd page of google. And if you think that you have used you bitcointalk password and email somewhere else then you might get in trouble. I suggest you use LastPass it's free and has Chrome extension but i am not sure about mozilla extension. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: hilariousetc on July 24, 2017, 11:50:03 AM What I prefer is keep changing your password every 1 or 2 months because I have seen some cases of my friends who used the same password on other websites and their DB got leaked then their passwords were open source and they didn't even know about it till I made a search on his email on google. The answer to that is simple: don't re-use passwords. I find people are more likely to lose access to their accounts if they change passwords frequently as people tend to forget them and are screwed if they lose access to their computer. Have a fairly strong password, don't re-use it, and make sure you have it safely written down some where and you should be good. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: Roboabhishek on July 24, 2017, 04:38:43 PM What I prefer is keep changing your password every 1 or 2 months because I have seen some cases of my friends who used the same password on other websites and their DB got leaked then their passwords were open source and they didn't even know about it till I made a search on his email on google. The answer to that is simple: don't re-use passwords. I find people are more likely to lose access to their accounts if they change passwords frequently as people tend to forget them and are screwed if they lose access to their computer. Have a fairly strong password, don't re-use it, and make sure you have it safely written down some where and you should be good. Yes, this is what I was doing in past saving password in text and storing it on a locked usb drive so no one can access it. But it was not convenient so I switched to LastPass and highly recommend everyone to use it. It will save your password in the database and even they cannot access it. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: qzpm on July 24, 2017, 05:59:45 PM What I prefer is keep changing your password every 1 or 2 months because I have seen some cases of my friends who used the same password on other websites and their DB got leaked then their passwords were open source and they didn't even know about it till I made a search on his email on google. The answer to that is simple: don't re-use passwords. I find people are more likely to lose access to their accounts if they change passwords frequently as people tend to forget them and are screwed if they lose access to their computer. Have a fairly strong password, don't re-use it, and make sure you have it safely written down some where and you should be good. Yes, this is what I was doing in past saving password in text and storing it on a locked usb drive so no one can access it. But it was not convenient so I switched to LastPass and highly recommend everyone to use it. It will save your password in the database and even they cannot access it. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: Joel_Jantsen on July 24, 2017, 06:42:25 PM What if we lose our account, can we report to admin? With accurate proof, then they try to restore our account Yes,you have to provide a signed message from one of your staked addresses that if you have staked an address otherwise oldest posted address is considered.However restoring accounts takes days,months and there is no guarantee you will ever get your account back even with submission of valid proofs. Yes, this is what I was doing in past saving password in text and storing it on a locked usb drive so no one can access it. That's a lie.If they have stored your password in a database,how come they can't access it ? Assuming they can't access it,how would you access it if required ? If it goes to a database,it is more vulnerable than anything else.But it was not convenient so I switched to LastPass and highly recommend everyone to use it. It will save your password in the database and even they cannot access it. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: Yuhee on July 25, 2017, 04:16:56 AM What if we lose our account, can we report to admin? With accurate proof, then they try to restore our account Yes,you have to provide a signed message from one of your staked addresses that if you have staked an address otherwise oldest posted address is considered.However restoring accounts takes days,months and there is no guarantee you will ever get your account back even with submission of valid proofs. Yes, this is what I was doing in past saving password in text and storing it on a locked usb drive so no one can access it. That's a lie.If they have stored your password in a database,how come they can't access it ? Assuming they can't access it,how would you access it if required ? If it goes to a database,it is more vulnerable than anything else.But it was not convenient so I switched to LastPass and highly recommend everyone to use it. It will save your password in the database and even they cannot access it. In my previous year when i was in hiatus maybe in mid 2016, my password for 5 months is just the same. I have not encountered password hackings because my emails during those time where jot yet official.Even now i do not care if some topics are offering something that links the btc account to there own phishing site. But there ico also that made the same schemes. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: Spoetnik on July 25, 2017, 07:09:51 AM You can't.
There is an epidemic now.. everyone is getting hacked. Apparently there was a hack in 2015.. Except mine of course. I have the same password i used here when i signed up in 2013. Every time this place got hacked .. i did nothing. Yet somehow i was never "hacked" ahahhahahha Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: Scar69 on July 29, 2017, 09:06:40 AM i believe account theft is one major concern for people but i see it as carelessness on the part of account owners. Using a password manager is one good tool and also using a VPN is good for masking ur online identity. Use strong passwords having Lower and Uppercase along with numbers and alpha numeric keys, stay safe out there
Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: Soros Shorts on July 29, 2017, 10:53:06 AM That's a lie.If they have stored your password in a database,how come they can't access it ? Assuming they can't access it,how would you access it if required ? If it goes to a database,it is more vulnerable than anything else. https://lastpass.com/support.php?cmd=showfaq&id=6926 Quote LastPass encrypts your Vault before it goes to the server using 256-bit AES encryption. Since the Vault is already encrypted before it leaves your computer and reaches the LastPass server, not even LastPass employees can see your sensitive data! There is a master password that you need to remember which is used to encrypt your vault. Title: Re: bitcoin talk account security Post by: botany on July 29, 2017, 04:35:07 PM You can't. There is an epidemic now.. everyone is getting hacked. Apparently there was a hack in 2015.. Except mine of course. I have the same password i used here when i signed up in 2013. Every time this place got hacked .. i did nothing. Yet somehow i was never "hacked" ahahhahahha Probably because a negative trusted account is worthless to the hackers. They cannot sell it or use it for signature campaigns. :) |