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What if, after 90 days of inactivity, when you tried to login, it would send you an email and you had to click a link to re-verify your name/email?

Would that stop people from hacking into old usernames... or do those hackers also have the original users email accounts hacked as well?


~Ray

A lot of boards do have that now. 90 day must log in.

I know some will even force you to change passwords after so many days.

It's a pisser coming up with new passwords, but for the best.

I rather see some genius rules on how we get rid of the surfers, trolls, and fakers hiding behind their anonymous nicknames while trashing others.

That would be the day... but how, i dont know...

i am sure people will be happy to keep in mind that they must login somewhere to keep in touch with old friends ... stupid :2 cents: i dont even own the domain i used for registration ... i know, i am the last one who may have opinion about this ... :)

Wouldn't surprise me if they all had passwords like-
password
poiuyt
pass1234
gfy123456

kill whitey !

good idea, many boards do that now anyways

That's a very nice idea indeed... But is old users hack really a problem around here?

havent heard of anybody's account getting hacke dhere

Most of us have been posting here for years and know that this is just GFY and what comes with it.

If you can't take the heat, you get out of the kitchen. Seems simple enough to me.

If you change that, it's no longer GFY.

is whitety a member here :helpme

Yeah basically.

i always just memorize and use the randomly generated passwords that sites give you. maybe it's just me but it's easier and that way no one can guess it right.

ban fatfoo and some others....problem solved

i think that old and none regular visits members will have problems with it.

I generally find that those who bitch and complain have join dates in the past 2-3 years or less.

OH man i hate having to change passwords ever 90 days or whatever. They did a study where they show that changing your password ever X amount of days doesn't actually help.

"...particularly slams the common requirement that users change passwords at specified intervals. A hacker who steals your password is going to use it right away; he won't wait two months."

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362692,00.asp

I think just having a good password and closing old accounts, or just verifying the email on old accounts would be best. When they make you change your password, people tend to write it down and stick it under their keyboards and that cannot be any better. :2 cents:

Hi,

I meant to just reverify your email, not change passwords every 90 days. But, if someone were to hack and old gfy username that has not been used in over 90 days, then they could not use it unless they also hacked that gfy users email account, bcause once they try to login to the hacked gfy account, it will send a email verification to that gfy users email, and until clicked, that gfy username cannot login and be used.

I hate changing passwords too... so that's not what I meant.

~Ray