Topic: How I almost lost my account. - page 2. (Read 338 times)

That’s one of the reason why I didn’t go with the offer from the mailing company to have my password saved with them. A hack on the company or a hack on my mail account could mean a compromise on all my details.
It’s an option still as, at some point, I wished I had it in place but, it didn’t matter anymore after I finally got the correct combination.

Meanwhile, having a Biometric or Face scanner to this doesn’t mean ultimate security even. You still get to save the codes on there ledger/data base and the Biometric verification or face scanner is just a means of access from your device. It doesn’t stop a hacker from hacking the mailing company directly.

Biometric and Face scanner don’t necessarily means best practices to security. In fact, these can be flawed and some one close to you with access to your device could easily show your screen to your face or press your prints to the scanner and your device is open to them.

It is scary to think about, because if someone is able to get your one major password, they will have access to all your passwords.

I would prefer to use the biometric options like fingerprint and facial recognition for better security if these password managers have it for access, that will make it more difficult for someone other than me to gain access.

What made you use throwaway email for this op? as I only use such for accounts I never cared much or willing to throwaway. If you're worried about exposing your email address, perhaps an email alias service could be of some use to you.

Perhaps you might be interested on password managers like keepass.info? this made things so much more convenient for me as I only need to remember one password to access hundres of my accounts lol. Plus your keepass database is stored locally and is encrypted. Passwords are also better off randomized though computer generated would be better than humans which fortunately, keepass also offers.

Now this wasn’t a hack attempt but, as a result of my own negligence that would have proven very costly.

When I joined the forum, I experienced an unforseen difficulty which turned out to be the norm for most new users here. This i expressed in a post I made about Evil fee (Safe means please and Evil IP).
At this point, I already had some triers with what I had then as intended details without success so, I had to proceed with just anything that came to mind.

Now, some of the things I did wrong was:
1. Completely randomizing my mail address as, i noticed from other triers that, verification mails wasn’t sent so, I used a throwaway mail address.
2. My password was completely picked at random as, it was supposed to be temporal.
3. I didn't have the mail address logged in on my device.

Why am I on this narrative;
Earlier today I woke up to what seemed like a nightmare. I tried logging into the forum as I’ve been inactive for a couple of days and as a result, my browser already logged me out.
After inputting my username, I typed in my password and it came out incorrect. I tried a different combination and it still was incorrect. At this point, I knew I was in for real trouble.
I proceeded to get a notepa, wrote down all I thought could be the right combination, input each of them and each time, it came out as incorrect.  After a good number of triers, by default the site sent a mail for password reset as, password recovery was off the books but, I didn't have the mail address logged in. I proceeded to try other combinations until I was told to have exceeded my allowed number of logins and should check back later.

At this point, I was completely exhausted and had to take some rest, it was already 14 O'clock. I later woke up, thought of things I could have done differently and means to recover my account but, without any insurance in place to prove ownership,  I knew my chances if I couldn't arrive at the right combination was almost zero.

When woke about an hour after, I tried again but, I couldn't go for anything different and as such, the password was still incorrect. Then, I went against my will to try what I didn't beleive would be it and then, I was live on my account again. A huge sigh of relief enveloped me in entire. Thoughts of changing the password to something familiar and that which am used to was the next thing but, I chose to be calm and not be hasty about it.

How I got to forget:
I'm not always active here but, am trying to be and the random nature to the details of my account creation wasn't sticky just yet.

What I could have done to avoid this:
1. Proceed to change my details to what isn't picked at random and what I would be familiar with but, I didn't do that at the time.
2. Have my password saved on my devices mail address for auto logins but, this offers a different form of challenge to security and as such, I ignored it.

What have I done to avert this:
1. Create and have a proper mail address to the account.
2. Create a strong password combination.
3. Writing down my important detail to keep it safely.

What am yet to do but find very necessary and would do:
1. Generate, sign and stake a Bitcoin address to this account.
Edited:
Finally got to sign  an address and stake it on meta to mark my account and for reference.

Though this might be out of my care freeness and was yet to discover just how important and attached this account might be for me, I do hope some users here don't and are not making the same mistakes as I did. It feels very terrible to be in that position or having to recall what your not sure off. Don't procrastinate on what need be down and be sure to follow safe means to account security.

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Just after concluding this thread, I see a user seeking help on forgotten password on meta. Forgot password. Assistance needed. from the user Ambatman. That's to say, it could happen to anyone and so, there is a need to take precaution.