Topic: Special guide to keep your forum account safe forever (Must Read) (Read 550 times)
November 16, 2019, 01:25:12 PM
Dear newbies please read this thread carefully to keep your account secure forever.
October 06, 2019, 10:12:07 AM
Even though you can recover an account using an email but still it is very important to save other information about your account that will make the verification of your account faster because of the information of your account that will prove that it is your account. Staking your bitcoin address would also help.
February 15, 2019, 01:34:56 AM
Thank you, your writing always reminds me of the importance of account security. Based on that, I often change passwords regularly, especially imail. And this is my step to minimize account theft besides adding recovery accounts and cellphone numbers because imail is key in the last step as account recovery.
Yeah mate my little try will be successful if this thread can encourage our newbies to be careful about their email. I beleive we can stop a large number of hacking incidents by kepping our email secure. Just we all have to follow some safety steps to make our account secure. IMO every hacking has a connection with email. There's been a lot of users here on the forum who don't bother about their email. If they lost their email password or login details than its not gonna be possible for them to recover their locked or hacked account. So its better to make it secure and store it in a hard paper.
February 13, 2019, 02:21:33 AM
Hello guys,
Finally i think its clear to everyone that if you forgot or lost your registered Email login details you will not be able to recover your account anymore.
Finally i think its clear to everyone that if you forgot or lost your registered Email login details you will not be able to recover your account anymore.
Thank you, your writing always reminds me of the importance of account security. Based on that, I often change passwords regularly, especially imail. And this is my step to minimize account theft besides adding recovery accounts and cellphone numbers because email is key in the last step as account recovery.
February 13, 2019, 12:06:26 AM
Hello guys,
Finally i think its clear to everyone that if you forgot or lost your registered Email login details you will not be able to recover your account anymore.
Finally i think its clear to everyone that if you forgot or lost your registered Email login details you will not be able to recover your account anymore.
Thank you, your writing always reminds me of the importance of account security. Based on that, I often change passwords regularly, especially imail. And this is my step to minimize account theft besides adding recovery accounts and cellphone numbers because imail is key in the last step as account recovery.
February 12, 2019, 03:24:49 PM
Any recommendation for 2fA email? I use protonmail, but they don't have any 2fa, only account password and inbox password. Tutanota might be an alternative but they're slow sometimes.
Honestly hackers target users email first. Because its the entrance of any account. You may heard this kind of email hacking news couple of times. So IMO its the best idea to secure your email first. That's why i think it will be safer for you to choose 2fa enable email services in the future.Use KeePass or LastPass which can save and generate random password.
Yeah thats another way to have strong password. But i think its better to use your own complex one February 10, 2019, 12:52:53 AM
2. Use 2FA security system with your Email. Usually hacker target users Email first. Where most of the people don't bother about their email security. So its important to make the Email secure first.
Any recommendation for 2fA email? I use protonmail, but they don't have any 2fa, only account password and inbox password. Tutanota might be an alternative but they're slow sometimes.
4. Try to use complex password combination for your acoount. Usually some users use common password everywhere. I would not recommend it.
Use KeePass or LastPass which can save and generate random password.
February 09, 2019, 10:39:18 PM
I typically change my password every few months to ensure that the chances of my account being compromised are low. Signing and staking your address is indeed important, but you should also take additional security precautions on top of that to ensure you don't have to start the account recovery process in the first place. Some people also only use their BCT accounts on one or two trusted computers and have other accounts for use on insecure computers.
Also make sure you use a decently long (12+ characters) password that you don't use for anywhere else on the net.
Yeah very impressive tricks you shared to save users account from hackers. Every user have their own technique to secure their account. I would like to add some more like,Also make sure you use a decently long (12+ characters) password that you don't use for anywhere else on the net.
1. Check address bar before visiting a site. Mostly SSL inactive sites can stole your identity easily. So check is it green or red marked website.
2. Use 2FA security system with your Email. Usually hacker target users Email first. Where most of the people don't bother about their email security. So its important to make the Email secure first.
3. Try to avoid Phishing site link. Under ranked porn sites usually deliver visitor to phishing sites.
4. Try to use complex password combination for your acoount. Usually some users use common password everywhere. I would not recommend it.
February 09, 2019, 11:47:03 AM
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Protecting your email is very important as that provides an added layer of security to all your accounts on the forum and exchanges linked to your email address.
With access to the registered email you can also lock your account and prevent damage if it ends up in the hands of hackers, while you begin the recovery process.
2FA on bitcointalk does not appear to be in the works yet, although it has been discussed multiple times.
February 09, 2019, 11:12:17 AM
I typically change my password every few months to ensure that the chances of my account being compromised are low. Signing and staking your address is indeed important, but you should also take additional security precautions on top of that to ensure you don't have to start the account recovery process in the first place. Some people also only use their BCT accounts on one or two trusted computers and have other accounts for use on insecure computers.
Also make sure you use a decently long (12+ characters) password that you don't use for anywhere else on the net.
Also make sure you use a decently long (12+ characters) password that you don't use for anywhere else on the net.
February 09, 2019, 10:34:30 AM
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Talks on 2FA to protect user accounts have been going on for years it seems. I opened a thread on the matter at some point. What I stumbled upon today was interesting: A topic from June 2015 (see 2FA for more security in bitcointalk forum ) which leads to a document from back in 2014 with some of the initial requirements for the new forum software: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bHlm4NQkSzaBTT5tLIqQBmV92wSsbdOX5r-dRR9Dgg0/edit. There is a chapter there called "Fancy Authentification" which does not explicitally mention 2FA, but rather a whole bunch of alternatives and with possible different permitions on the forum in accordance to the selected alternative.
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February 09, 2019, 04:48:20 AM
OP, good suggestions, but still, it doesn't guarantee that your account eill be stay safe forever. There was cases when users who used most of avsilable protection methods and still lost their accounts.
Few my suggestions - don't visit phishing websites, it's one of main reasons of account hacks. It would be best to bookmark Bitcointalk in your browser. Always use strong and unique passwords. It's also very important to protect your email with 2FA. Without access to email hacker won't be able to use your account. If you will lose access to yourvemail it will be impossible to recover account.
In future i hope new forum software will be updated with 2FA system. But untill that time registered Email account is vital for account recovery. I hope Every users of bitcointalk will be aware of secure their Email first.Few my suggestions - don't visit phishing websites, it's one of main reasons of account hacks. It would be best to bookmark Bitcointalk in your browser. Always use strong and unique passwords. It's also very important to protect your email with 2FA. Without access to email hacker won't be able to use your account. If you will lose access to yourvemail it will be impossible to recover account.
February 08, 2019, 06:51:29 PM
OP, good suggestions, but still, it doesn't guarantee that your account eill be stay safe forever. There was cases when users who used most of avsilable protection methods and still lost their accounts.
Few my suggestions - don't visit phishing websites, it's one of main reasons of account hacks. It would be best to bookmark Bitcointalk in your browser. Always use strong and unique passwords. It's also very important to protect your email with 2FA. Without access to email hacker won't be able to use your account. If you will lose access to yourvemail it will be impossible to recover account.
Few my suggestions - don't visit phishing websites, it's one of main reasons of account hacks. It would be best to bookmark Bitcointalk in your browser. Always use strong and unique passwords. It's also very important to protect your email with 2FA. Without access to email hacker won't be able to use your account. If you will lose access to yourvemail it will be impossible to recover account.
I don't know if the forum can take some security measures. For example, changing an email address takes five days to change. At the same time, the change information will be sent to the mailbox. This should increase the possibility of anti-theft to some extent.
Email verification for password changes has been proposed in past and it would help to reduce number of hacked accounts, but it looks that this feature won't be implemented soon.You effort is very much appreciated by me this can sure help protect once account especially that of the newbies.
But I would really love to see some day when 2fa can work on bitcoin talk forum account
In current forum version 2FA won't be added. There will be some kind of 2FA on new forum software, but the main question - when it will be released? Maybe after 1, 2, 5 years, we are already waiting for it for very long time. But I would really love to see some day when 2fa can work on bitcoin talk forum account
February 08, 2019, 12:10:44 PM
If there's a record about what email you have used when the account is registered then it can be used to compare the details you have used and the details your provide might be enough to prove that it is your account and you are the one who register the account.
February 08, 2019, 10:42:50 AM
I don't know if the forum can take some security measures. For example, changing an email address takes five days to change. At the same time, the change information will be sent to the mailbox. This should increase the possibility of anti-theft to some extent.
Am also really in for the email verification thing... Especially with password change. This would not only cut down on the number of stolen accounts as the attacker would not have access to the account's email in most cases but also help reduce account farming and sales. This is a major problem that has been ignored for a while.
Maybe there is something being worked on at the moment.
But I would really love to see some day when 2fa can work on bitcoin talk forum account
2FA has been on plans to be implemented on the new forum software that is being developed. We can only wait for that day. February 08, 2019, 09:46:23 AM
You effort is very much appreciated by me this can sure help protect once account especially that of the newbies.
But I would really love to see some day when 2fa can work on bitcoin talk forum account
But I would really love to see some day when 2fa can work on bitcoin talk forum account
February 08, 2019, 08:07:24 AM
I don't know if the forum can take some security measures. For example, changing an email address takes five days to change. At the same time, the change information will be sent to the mailbox. This should increase the possibility of anti-theft to some extent.
February 08, 2019, 07:54:37 AM
Were already in the "future" 
By the way account recovery through original email has already been implemented. Some people have already recovered theirs. So its better to store it on hardpaper for emergency need.
Yeah recovery system helping some users to get their account back. I wish our users will be much Careful about their registered Email address. For successful recovery its important to contact from their Email.By the way account recovery through original email has already been implemented. Some people have already recovered theirs. So its better to store it on hardpaper for emergency need.
Whilst this information is useful, the most important thing is to keep you computer safe from hackers. If they can gain access to your Bitcoin Talk account, what else can they take over.
Make sure you have anti-virus active.
Don't use simple, or repeated passwords.
Be aware of phishing techniques, and don't click on links without prior investigation.
Probably the most important of all - don't use a Windows based machine for anything associated with your finances.
Make sure you have anti-virus active.
Don't use simple, or repeated passwords.
Be aware of phishing techniques, and don't click on links without prior investigation.
Probably the most important of all - don't use a Windows based machine for anything associated with your finances.
I will suggest to our new users to follow those instruction to make their account secure. Definitely these gonna help in many ways.
February 08, 2019, 03:28:17 AM
Whilst this information is useful, the most important thing is to keep you computer safe from hackers. If they can gain access to your Bitcoin Talk account, what else can they take over.
Make sure you have anti-virus active.
Don't use simple, or repeated passwords.
Be aware of phishing techniques, and don't click on links without prior investigation.
Probably the most important of all - don't use a Windows based machine for anything associated with your finances.
Make sure you have anti-virus active.
Don't use simple, or repeated passwords.
Be aware of phishing techniques, and don't click on links without prior investigation.
Probably the most important of all - don't use a Windows based machine for anything associated with your finances.
February 08, 2019, 03:25:46 AM
That it will be possible in the future to get the account back via the original mail address and not only via deposited btc address will probably save some users 
Were already in the "future" By the way account recovery through original email has already been implemented. Some people have already recovered theirs.
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