Although i don't have an avatar i also believe that security > usefulness
Sans a million dollar forum upgrade, how so other forums on the internet defend against security breaches stemming from avatars?
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Sans a million dollar forum upgrade, how so other forums on the internet defend against security breaches stemming from avatars?
Although i don't have an avatar i also believe that security > usefulness
Sans a million dollar forum upgrade, how so other forums on the internet defend against security breaches stemming from avatars?
Although i don't have an avatar i also believe that security > usefulness
+1. I totally agree with you. Security is more important. But they can implement Gravatar or some default avatar in profile picture and we can select the one we want. It will be more secure. If they want, Theymos can make a thread asking to post the images they want to see on the collection and he can upload good ones to the collection after checking it.
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Although i don't have an avatar i also believe that security > usefulness
+1. I totally agree with you. Security is more important. But they can implement Gravatar or some default avatar in profile picture and we can select the one we want. It will be more secure. If they want, Theymos can make a thread asking to post the images they want to see on the collection and he can upload good ones to the collection after checking it.
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Although i don't have an avatar i also believe that security > usefulness
Nice to have but not necessary.
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Avatar isn't that important to me, and so I guess I could wait for another half year.
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Theymos will remove it if you wish, but won't change it to something else. Just PM him if you want it gone.
I'd love to be able to change my av to something else. I'm kind of sick of this one since I don't even play SC2 anymore.
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I believe they were limited and restricted to jpgs at one point but a few gif avatars still remain on the forum. I'm sure gifs won't be allowed with the new software.
While it would be a good idea for quick user identification, it could also become very annoying with certain animated avatars
If we are going to have them I think they should be locked to .jpg .png .bmp to prevent any malicious "avatars" being uploaded
If we are going to have them I think they should be locked to .jpg .png .bmp to prevent any malicious "avatars" being uploaded
I agree
the exploit was patched so why not allow avatars again 
OP, your opinion or votes does not matter. This is not a majority decision, but rather a technical reason. Wait until the new forum 2.0 launches.
yes please bring them back 
Let's have a vote! Who want's Avater's?
please edit this its not avater its avatar!!
!!and also yes we want avatars baack!!
How about you just wait until the new forum is released and any possible security issues are patched up:
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Q: Why doesn't the forum let me add an avatar?
A: The forum was hacked some time ago. It is thought that the avatars were used as a means of injecting malicious code into the forum. Even though the vulnerability was patched, the avatars will be disabled until a new forum software is released.
Q: So when is the new forum software coming?
A: Well, according to theymos, some time after February 2015.
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Q: Why doesn't the forum let me add an avatar?
A: The forum was hacked some time ago. It is thought that the avatars were used as a means of injecting malicious code into the forum. Even though the vulnerability was patched, the avatars will be disabled until a new forum software is released.
Q: So when is the new forum software coming?
A: Well, according to theymos, some time after February 2015.
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About one year from now.
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When will the software be finished?
About one year from now.
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While it would be a good idea for quick user identification, it could also become very annoying with certain animated avatars
If we are going to have them I think they should be locked to .jpg .png .bmp to prevent any malicious "avatars" being uploaded
If we are going to have them I think they should be locked to .jpg .png .bmp to prevent any malicious "avatars" being uploaded
I'm sorry, I wanted to type AVATAR NOT AVATER my mistake. 
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You should know that your staff right?
You should know that your staff right?
What is Avater?
I guess I have to apologize for my fellow citizen. Its called "Denglisch" and its used by germans that are poorly educated in the language english. Most suffer from overal bad education. I guess this is similar to "Engrish", which you might be familiar with.
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