Re: Fossilman\'s Stars Account Hacked?
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Wouldn't it be very simple to have a max of 5 log-in attempts a day?
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I was liking this idea myself. But then somebody pointed out that if a person wanted to make life hard for you, they'd just try to log in as you 5 times, and get you locked out. Once you got things up again, they could repeat the process. Basically, they could get you locked out as often as they wanted.
Now that I've read lots of these posts, I'm a big fan of the idea of having a separate ID name, different from your screenname, that you use along with a password when you login. This way, if you got locked out, you could change your ID and your password, and the person trying to hassle you would have to guess your ID name in order to get you locked out again. And, if they're trying to hack into your account, they'd have to guess your ID name and password, simultaneously, to succeed. That makes it WAY less likely that somebody could do it without using spyware or something to get the information from your computer.
If anybody can explain why having a separate login ID name would be a problem for the sites, I'd love to hear. If there is no such problem, I'll lobby PS to get it done.
Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)
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