Topic: "Rabinovitch" has been locked for some reason... Please help!.. (Read 2736 times)

I admire your persistence. I do hope it will pay off. Sometime.

And still... 

^ that's the message you get when your account gets locked. it does say you're banned, but you are still able to post outside of this thread. a ban message is in red.

Looks like we are banned.  

If your account is banned, you cannot post on anywhere on the meta forum, and nothing unrelated to your account being banned. This is a temporary account made for recovery purposes only.

It's locked because you've used the secret question to recover your account:

Hello again! I'm still here waiting for the miracle. theymos doesn't reply on my PMs.

Can I post somewhere out of this Meta thread under this temporary account? What if I need help with my mining equipment for example?..

Where did you post it? (link)
Sign the above message with it.

How can I get an address from PM if I have no access to that account?.. Anyway I can't remember such a PM...

OK, let's wait...  

p.s. that address (16Yr4vWg7zj8TLQ5pjZQLeKE7LtsSCASmm) has been posted a year ago.  

if you have sent an address on PM 3+ months ago then use that instead.

Hey, it's time soon to post a review of B-Eleven SHA-256 miner. Please admins unlock, unban my main account. What else should I do?  

I'm wondering why don't they (admins...) warn every newly registered user about the possibility of hacking of their accounts and about some measures they should take in order to avoid losing their accounts...

Something like a little howto...

1) NEVER use a "secret question" option to recover your password;
2) Your foremost post at this forum should contain your BTC address - ADD A BOOKMARK to that message in your browser and NEVER edit it (neither bookmark nor post);
3) whatever-else...

 

I have no messages containing my address mentioned in the first post, I have a message with another my bitcoin address somewhere on this forum, but it will take some time to find it...  

OK, I found a post with another my address.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10058229

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account Rabinovitch has been locked for unknown reason. Please reset the email to [email protected]. The current date is 31.01.2016
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
16Yr4vWg7zj8TLQ5pjZQLeKE7LtsSCASmm
HwvUQzpZ8iElJ7pQyCjeg2X9rZCMgZUKWW1OzvHGiFHTauQpeMEkS6ugGLAV87p/1oukiXhUK3xtZUXmrT278FY=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Please theymos unlock my main account. Please...  

I'm wondering why don't they (admins...) warn every newly registered user about the possibility of hacking of their accounts and about some measures they should take in order to avoid losing their accounts...

Something like a little howto...

1) NEVER use a "secret question" option to recover your password;
2) Your foremost post at this forum should contain your BTC address - ADD A BOOKMARK to that message in your browser and NEVER edit it (neither bookmark nor post);
3) whatever-else...

 

I have no messages containing my address mentioned in the first post, I have a message with another my bitcoin address somewhere on this forum, but it will take some time to find it... 

Then why didn't you go and post this in the thread I quoted or open your own thread instead of going off-topic here?

I know this isn't directly responding to OP, but this security question thing is an obvious problem.. Why don't they just remove the "feature" from the forum entirely?
Yeah there's a PSA about the security questions being evil, but that doesn't really address the problem.

tl;dr Is there any plans about fixing the security question problem?

This is a Public Service Announcement:

If you lose your password, DO NOT USE THE SECRET QUESTION TO RECOVER THE ACCOUNT. It will result in your account being locked. Please use the email recovery option to recover the account.
The reason that the accounts are locked is because the May 2015 hack leaked Bitcointalk's database which did not securely secure the Secret Question and Answer. To prevent people from guessing the answers, theymos made it so that accounts that are recovered using the secret question are automatically locked when the option is attempted. This is to prevent hackers who may be able to guess the answers from the leaked database.

If you have had your account locked, to recover it, please send and email to the email displayed on your screen when you try to login. You can also create a new account and pm both theymos and badbear. In the email and PM, to prove your identity, You MUST sign a message with a bitcoin address that you have posted previously, at least 2 months prior. Please be patient. Theymos and BadBear are busy people. Your email or pm may become lost among all of the other stuff that they have to do. You should resent your email and pm once a week so that they will see it and get around to you. If you need help signing a message, check this thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-sign-a-message-990345

If you haven't lost your password yet or you have regained access to the account, don't set the secret question, it can be a hassle. Make sure that you have the email set to an email address that you can access. That will make everything so much easier and will not require the long recovery process.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account Rabinovitch has been locked for unknown reason. Please reset the email to [email protected]. The current date is 26.01.2016.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
16K8MUmL3HCsonDEfbGbAiWaxuwmT3fng1
II0TjURH6qGnaapfpMnW+gqqpwBWHugE8sb4tR4Rly12BIJSnWUW+YmeFv1EizQP8noXVVZv/9nXsSrbWVaqzeY=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Is that correct format of the signed message? Never did it before... 

This BTC-address should be signed in my account's profile details since it's my default address.

Here is the link to my profile at bits.media: https://forum.bits.media/index.php?/user/17178-rabinovitch/

Please don't mention my bad rating there - a group of assholes intentionally pushing it down since this is possible at that forum.