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Title: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: s1ng on June 22, 2014, 10:24:00 AM
recently i saw many account have been hack... :(
Is secret question can doubling my account protection ?

Need more suggestion guys...thanks


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: Neg on June 22, 2014, 10:36:19 AM
Not if it's a simple answer to a common question. Make sure you have a wallet address posted somewhere and you can recover your account if it gets hacked.


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: newIndia on June 22, 2014, 11:18:06 AM
recently i saw many account have been hack... :(
Is secret question can doubling my account protection ?

Need more suggestion guys...thanks


Make sure that u have posted your bitcoin address somewhere from your account. If it gets hacked, sign a message from it to theymos and u'll get back your hacked account.


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: mprep on June 22, 2014, 11:36:43 AM
Use a unique (not used in any other site) long (12 or more characters) password with numbers, letters and special characters. Log in using secure methods such as your home computer, tablet or phone; avoid internet cafes, library computers or public open Wi-Fi. I no longer trust SSL to securely encrypt data sent through unprotected streams.

Send a message to a user who wouldn't delete it with your Bitcoin address. Theymos (the admin) suggested sending it to the user DefaultTrust and recording the PM's ID which can be seen in the link of the message in the Outbox section of "MY MESSAGES".


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: amit123 on June 22, 2014, 04:05:14 PM
Not if it's a simple answer to a common question. Make sure you have a wallet address posted somewhere and you can recover your account if it gets hacked.
I have lost my original acc/ and now trying to get back it using the post I shared which contains my bitcoin address..! I hope I get it back.
If you don't want to share it in a post you can just add  it to your profile.


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: ranochigo on June 23, 2014, 02:37:41 AM
Use a relatively strong password, send a pm with your address to someone(make sure you can sign a message with it). Get a anti virus and do not install suspicious softwares.


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: Mayuyu48 on June 23, 2014, 03:15:44 AM
recently i saw many account have been hack... :(
Is secret question can doubling my account protection ?

Need more suggestion guys...thanks

1. use strong password with many special characters (min. 13 characters)
2. use best antivirus and firewall programs to protect your PC from malware and keylogger
3. don't use guess-able secret questions answer
4. don't install suspicious programs, it can make you hacked

we must be carefull since higher level account can use for signature campaign and many of them sold in markets


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: trand on June 23, 2014, 06:09:55 AM
recently i saw many account have been hack... :(
Is secret question can doubling my account protection ?

Need more suggestion guys...thanks

1. use strong password with many special characters (min. 13 characters)
2. use best antivirus and firewall programs to protect your PC from malware and keylogger
3. don't use guess-able secret questions answer
4. don't install suspicious programs, it can make you hacked

we must be carefull since higher level account can use for signature campaign and many of them sold in markets

make sure always logged out before shutdown your PC and use 2FA more added security for your account


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: ranochigo on June 23, 2014, 06:11:31 AM
recently i saw many account have been hack... :(
Is secret question can doubling my account protection ?

Need more suggestion guys...thanks

1. use strong password with many special characters (min. 13 characters)
2. use best antivirus and firewall programs to protect your PC from malware and keylogger
3. don't use guess-able secret questions answer
4. don't install suspicious programs, it can make you hacked

we must be carefull since higher level account can use for signature campaign and many of them sold in markets

make sure always logged out before shutdown your PC and use 2FA more added security for your account
Bitcointalk doesn't offer 2FA. Why do you want to log out before shutting down the PC, I see no effect if its your own computer.


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: HeroC on June 24, 2014, 02:48:02 AM
Personally, I just use lastpass and generate random passwords for each account.


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: tysat on June 24, 2014, 03:25:21 AM
Personally, I just use lastpass and generate random passwords for each account.

The best thing way to do it... you never have to worry about remembering different passwords either!


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: s1ng on June 24, 2014, 04:10:26 AM
Personally, I just use lastpass and generate random passwords for each account.

The best thing way to do it... you never have to worry about remembering different passwords either!

well lastpass is something new to me
i will try it, thanks guys


Title: Re: HOW TO PROTECT MY ACCOUNT FROM HACKER ?
Post by: Minnlo on June 24, 2014, 10:06:53 AM
Personally, I just use lastpass and generate random passwords for each account.

The best thing way to do it... you never have to worry about remembering different passwords either!

well lastpass is something new to me
i will try it, thanks guys

And you could also try Keepass which is open source. :)