You aren't going to get a loan without any collateral. Nice attempt though.

Yes it is stored in the database. To my knowledge, it will never be deleted even if you post with a different IP address.

Using Bitaddress.org to generate a paper wallet, does have some risks and issues. For example, one of the minor issues is the private keys that begin with 5 are uncompressed private keys. These are an older type of private key. Meaning with these the transactions they make are bigger, as a result you'll likely need to pay slightly higher transaction fees. Although, it's not a huge inconvenience.

Gmaxwell and a few other members have urged users not to use ANY browser based private key generator as you expose yourself to many different kind of attacks. I would have to agree.

If you do take this approach, only host it yourself. Otherwise you are relying on a third party which themselves could go offline at any point, or be exploited.

Are you looking for malevolent? He used to be a member of staff and went in active for a few weeks recently.

You can always test it yourself by going to the "forgotten password" and selecting "Ask me my security question". It will tell you if it's not enabled on your account. That's if you want to double check.

That's correct. He was orignally "smart1985", then changed his name to "Smart-Mybitcointrade.com" I believe. He was called just "mybitcointrade.com" at some point.

Although, that would be against the rules. Advertisements in posts aren't allowed unless the post is really substantial and useful.

I do agree that signature advertising has become an annoyance and have reverted to using grue's approach and disabling them through external methods. I wouldn't be completely against the idea of removing signatures or putting more restrictions on them.

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It's too be expected for at least a week, whilst everything calms down.

Spent many hours on AOE. Possibly one of the games which I've put the most of my time into.

I hate it when people put the bandages in the first aid kit too. It's really a bummer when people put things where they should be.  Seriously, it seems that everyone is out to complain about every aspect of the forum tonight.

Of course. That's what I meant that theymos would likely have to restore some posts. I do believe that personal messages can be deleted permanently if both parties delete the message. Although, I might be mistaken and it could well be recovered by theymos. He's either stated in the past that they get deleted, and/or they are difficult to recover once all members have deleted it.

I said unlikely. People who have contibuted to discussions and have posted that amount of posts, are probably quite interested in Bitcoin and the community.

Because of a few people who have decided to use their personal handle want to delete their posts, doesn't outweigh the posssible issues with allowing anyone to delete all of their content. It's been stated by multiple users that this could cause issues. For a few examples, auctions & loans.

If having a IP address was that big of an issue, nobody would be safe. Just imagine the amount of websites you've connected to over the years. If you have open ports it can slightly more concerning, but it would likely require a number of things to be truley concerened. For example, vunerable software. Keep up to date with the latest patches is normally advised. If the hacker was interested in using the IP to exploit, it would more than likely be on highly ranked members with a large presensce within the Bitcoin community.

An issue some users may find, is that the hacker may have your IP address, which is a place to start exploiting. Your hash of your password. So if he/she does crack it then they know of one possible password you might use or varations of it. Or have a general idea of the passwords you use. They may also have a secret question and answer. But, I always recommend not using them, or if you must make it completely random.

Of course, if you are concerned. Then you should get started in cranking up your security. A lot of users will be doing this, just to keep it fresh.

You'd probably be suprised by how easy some people can trick others into giving them sensitive information. I've seen it done on a much smaller scale and all it took was a little bit of confidence. There's also been reports over the years of simple techniques used against big companies and much more sensitive data.

It takes a few seconds for each post. besides, you don't have thousands of posts. If you did you would be unlikely to want to delete all of them. Allowing people to delete content with ease wouldn't benefit the forum. There would be a lot of information missing, malicious users would be abusing it and theymos would likely have to restore a lot of content deleted by malicious users.

At least right now, peoples senses are heighted and will be more alert to anything suspicious. Im more worryied for when nothing major has happended and people forget about security protocol and send their Bitcoin without seeking the verification that they would right now.

Which happens all the time, I've escrowed a few people. And they all seem to just want to get the trade done as quick as possible. bar a few.

At least at this present moment in time, users have more than likely upgraded their passwords. There probably isn't too much to worry about for the majority. The hacker only had a few minutes, so was probably unlikely to get the whole dump. However, it should be treated as though he has obtained every bit of information.

There shouldn't be a problem with using escrows and the like, they can sign an address they've used previously. Or verify with PGP. To be honest, before any escrow trade goes through regardless of the suspicious the account could be hacked or not verifying they are who they say they are should always be done prior to the trade.

And, if you want to verify any other member, I'm sure sending them a message requesting a signature with a valid reason wouldn't be a problem for most users.

The normal. Signed message via Bitcoin address or PGP.

It's simple. Delete all of your posts and messages. Change your password to a random one which you aren't going to remember. Effectively, deleting your account. Not that it makes much difference if we are assuming that the hacker has a full dump of the site. As he will have that information regardless if you delete your account or not.