Is resetting a BTT account password bad?

[DYING_S0UL]

Hello everyone. I recently noticed that by using the https://bpip.org/ site, you can check whether that person recently changed his or her password or not. Also, you can check by viewing the profile itself. It will say, 'This user's password was reset recently.'

Is resetting passwords that bad, or why was this option even added there? Will the message disappear after 120 days?

I know it may be added as a security measure like scam or buy-sell accounts, etc. But when a person sees that message, he or she may get a bad impression of the account. He or she may not trust the person, or the account may not get much interaction. Because I chanced password, now I'm tagged with that message.

Why have I changed my passwords several times?

1. I'm a custom ROM user. So I have to factory reset my phone in order to test the new build. I recently flashed several Roms to test.
(Clean flash is mandatory to avoid bugs)

2. I don't have any second devices. So I can't just have it logged in on another device.

3. I easily forget. One time I even forgot or confused my username because I used 0 (zero) instead of o in my username.

4. I always think of BTT as a highly valuable platform. I'm in fear that my BTT account would get compromised someday if I saved my password in an online place. So I never saved my password anywhere. (I know I should have used a diary to note down my password.)

p.s: By the time of my writing, I don't remember my password.

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[Nwada001]

Is resetting passwords that bad, or why was this option even added there? Will the message disappear after 120 days?

Changing your password is for your own account protection, and I don't see anything bad in that.
I believe the viewing option was added there to warn other users of the changes that have happened to the account recently; both email and password changes usually appear on the user's trust page.
 
And yes, the message usually disappears after a short period of time. 30 days, I guess, will be enough to warn users of the change. And the warning message will automatically disappear by itself.
 
A change in the user's password most often draws attention to the account, as there might be a possibility of the account being hacked and ownership changed.

[Charles-Tim]

Is resetting passwords that bad, or why was this option even added there? Will the message disappear after 120 days?

I have changed my password before two times and there is nothing bad there as long as I do not change hand on this forum. But if someone left his account and not visiting this forum again, but password reset and visit this forum, some people may first noticed him if his account has changed in the way he is posting, which indicates that the original owner is not the one using the account to post.

And yes, the message usually disappears after a short period of time. 30 days, I guess, will be enough to warn users of the change.

On bpip.org, it will remain there.

[DYING_S0UL]

Is resetting passwords that bad, or why was this option even added there? Will the message disappear after 120 days?

I have reset my password before and there is nothing bad there as long as I do not change hand on this forum. But if someone left his account and not visiting this forum again, but password rest and visit this forum, some people may first noticed him if his account has changed in the way he is posting, which indicates that the original owner is not the one using the account to post.

And yes, the message usually disappears after a short period of time. 30 days, I guess, will be enough to warn users of the change.

On bpip.org, it will remain there.

Well, I am the original owner. I created this account in about a year ago. That time I couldn't be active due to some personal matter. But now that I'm totally free, I wanna dedicate my time to learn more.

p.s: The email is unchanged, I just had to reset the password several time due to the custom ROM testing.

[Charles-Tim]

Well, I am the original owner. I created this account in about a year ago. That time I couldn't be active due to some personal matter. But now that I'm totally free, I wanna dedicate my time to learn more.

p.s: The email is unchanged, I just had to reset password due to the custom ROM testing.

Just do not spam, plagiarize or violate other rules of this forum, but make quality posts and you will be good.

[suchmoon]

Is resetting passwords that bad, or why was this option even added there? Will the message disappear after 120 days?

I know it may be added as a security measure like scam or buy-sell accounts, etc. But when a person sees that message, he or she may get a bad impression of the account. He or she may not trust the person, or the account may not get much interaction. Because I chanced password, now I'm tagged with that message.

Don't change your password then. Or stake your address and sign a message if you need to prove you're still you.

I don't think you needed a whole new thread for this.

[dimonstration]

I know it may be added as a security measure like scam or buy-sell accounts, etc. But when a person sees that message, he or she may get a bad impression of the account. He or she may not trust the person, or the account may not get much interaction. Because I chanced password, now I'm tagged with that message.

This is a wrong perception. A notification of password recently change doesn’t give bad impressions. It’s just a security purposes to notify you and other member that you change password recently. Changing password regularly is a safe practice to protect your account given that you will remember all the changes.

The only time this action will be a bad impression is when you do a shady activity such as asking for loan or anything that involved money here since this will cause suspicion that your account is compromised.

[tranthidung]

Changing your password from a weak one to a strong one or from a strong one to a new strong one, is good.

It is bad if your changed password is a weak one, so that change means very little.

Are your passwords in the green?

Don't care about BPIP. You are Bitcointalk member, not BPIP member and BPIP can die / abandon anytime but I am quite sure that Bitcointalk will not die.

For proof of your account, you can do as follows

• Sign a Bitcoin message
• Stake a Bitcoin address
• Stake your PGP key

[un_rank]

Resetting your password is not an issue if you have a good reason for doing it. The warning is put in place for anyone trading with that user to take some extra precautions. This could be asking you to produce a signed signature from an address you used at some point, which will not be an issue since you're the owner of the account.

You can preempt this and make a reply in the stake your address thread^[1] about the change in password or email.

p.s: By the time of my writing, I don't remember my password.

If you can remember your password, it's a poor password choice and should be changed.
Passwords should be complex with a mixture of alphabets, numerals and special characters.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.0

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[DYING_S0UL]

Well, I am the original owner. I created this account in about a year ago. That time I couldn't be active due to some personal matter. But now that I'm totally free, I wanna dedicate my time to learn more.

p.s: The email is unchanged, I just had to reset password due to the custom ROM testing.

Just do not violate the rules of this forum and make quality posts.

I don't know about quality posts, everyone has their own version of quality. For some it may qualify, for some it may not. I don't know. I am not that dumb to post like hi,hello,good morning etc. If I knew the answer to a question I would surely answer or if I had questions I would surely question.

I understand sir, It's a serious platform/community. I would try my best not to spam or violent any rules.

Don't change your password then. Or stake your address and sign a message if you need to prove you're still you.

I don't think you needed a whole new thread for this.

I just have to reply with my btc address in that thread?  Did you meant that? Sorry for the inconvenience I never signed before.

For proof of your account, you can do as follows

• Sign a Bitcoin message
• Stake a Bitcoin address
• Stake your PGP key

Not sure how to do these, need to google or search thread I guess. But thanks anyway. Really appreciate it.

 

[un_rank]

I just have to reply with my btc address in that thread?  Did you meant that? Sorry for the inconvenience I never signed before.

You are to sign a message which can only be done by the owner of the private keys, showing you own the bitcoin address in question.
You post that signed message in that Stake an address thread. Someone will verify the signature and quote the message to lock it in.

Here is a useful guide on How to sign a message?!

- Jay -

[tranthidung]

I just have to reply with my btc address in that thread?  Did you meant that? Sorry for the inconvenience I never signed before.

You don't know?

Read How to sign a mesaage? (the original version but now images are broken).

If you need images, check the copy cat with working image links

[uchegod-21]

Is resetting passwords that bad, or why was this option even added there? Will the message disappear after 120 days?

I know it may be added as a security measure like scam or buy-sell accounts, etc. But when a person sees that message, he or she may get a bad impression of the account. He or she may not trust the person, or the account may not get much interaction. Because I chanced password, now I'm tagged with that message.

Don't change your password then. Or stake your address and sign a message if you need to prove you're still you.

I don't think you needed a whole new thread for this.

In the context of his post, I also do not think that a new thread is need for this. But generally speaking I have seen people hunting other users because of password change. Whenever there is a password change or an email change, they'll immediately allege that it is an account changing hands.
OP, the security log captures password change and email change for trade reasons. Someone's account might be compromised and you will hastily trade with the wrong one if the warning aren't there.

[hosseinimr93]

Whenever there is a password change or an email change, they'll immediately allege that it is an account changing hands.

Not really.
Visit Security log and see how many users have changed/reset their password recently. How many of them have been accused of account changing hands?
As long as there's nothing suspicious (like posting style being changed), no one is accused of account changing hands, just because of the password being changed.

[aysg76]

On bpip.org, it will remain there.

Yeah we can easily check under meta log for any user there whether he has waked up from inactivity or password reset that have data saved there for all the time.

Not really.
Visit Security log and see how many users have changed/reset their password recently. How many of them have been accused of account changing hands?
As long as there's nothing suspicious (like posting style being changed), no one is accused of account changing hands, just because of the password being changed.

Right many users change password for security reasons but that doesn't imply anything suspicious until they have waked up from long period of inactivity and start posting with changed style or something else that could create doubts on them.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I don't see anything bad in resetting a password, depending on the reason you are changing it. If you are changing your password and email because you have bought or hacked an account, that's the only time you will even be concerned about the tag "This user recently changed email or password." If it really is your account, you don't have anything to fear or feel disturbed about the bad impressions people will get because of the tag, because if you are asked to prove you are the real account owner, you still have the possible proof to let those who have doubts believe that it's your account.

[mu_enrico]

It's not bad, but one of the signs of a hacked account. I changed my password once years ago since I register with a weak password not knowing that this is a rather "serious" forum. Not long after, people DMing me to confirm my identity. As long as you still can provide a signed message with the BTC address here (or a known public address) you'll be fine in most cases. If you haven't then do it.

[SamReomo]

Resetting your password isn't bad at all, but sometimes when you do not login for a long time and then out of sudden you change your passwords makes others think that your account might be hacked or sold. It's always better to reset the password only if you are active on forum for sometime because that would make others also believe that you are the real account holder and no one has gotten unwanted access to your account.

That was the general answer, and in my opinion one should not change his/her account's password unless it's necessary for the security purpose. I prefer to keep my old password because I think that I have created a strong password which should not be changed at all, but if I find that my password isn't strong enough then I would also consider changing it in future.

It's someone's own choice to change the password and I'm quite sure that no one would really care much if they found that someone has changed their password. However, it's necessary to be active on forum because if you change your password after a long time inactivity that could make other suspicious about your account's ownership.

[skarais]

If there is a very clear reason why you need to reset your account password, then do it. Changing passwords periodically is normal practice for the security of your account, but as long as you can still prove ownership of the account and there have been no changes in posting activity including language then I don't think people will accuse you of changing hands.

You can change your email too, sometimes it's needed, especially if so far your email is no longer safe from phishing attacks or something like that. A safe tip for keeping an account is to sign messages from bitcoin addresses you've used on forum.

[dkbit98]

Is resetting passwords that bad, or why was this option even added there? Will the message disappear after 120 days?

There is nothing bad in resetting your password, and it can be good for security if done correctly.
Only way changing a password could be suspicious is for account that woke up after long inactivity, drastic changed of writing style, that could suggest account changed hands.

4. I always think of BTT as a highly valuable platform. I'm in fear that my BTT account would get compromised someday if I saved my password in an online place. So I never saved my password anywhere. (I know I should have used a diary to note down my password.)

Diary?! 
Why would you use diary when there are perfectly good open source password managers like KeePass?
Trusting your brain memory to remember all your passwords, or using one-for-all password is worst thing anyone can do.
Note that good password should ideally be long and randomly generated, that is not something you can remember or write easily.