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Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Tryphena Absent

12:45 / 22.08.05

I've just recieved my barbelith login details (username and password) via email when I didn't request them. That shouldn't have happened... right?

sleazenation

13:06 / 22.08.05

It could mean that someone is attempting to hack yr suit- change yr password as a precaution...

Tryphena Absent

13:08 / 22.08.05

I've changed both of the passwords involved already. I just think it's a little strange that someone would want to.

Aertho

13:42 / 22.08.05

Maybe cause they HATE you, and want to FUCK WITH YOU.

That happened to me a couple of years back. The person doing it must know your previous login name, if you've received the email.

Quantum

18:40 / 09.09.05

A different thing- someone else accidentally posted as me about meat.
While I don't really care (wedding heat seems nice, it's amusing rather than sinister) WTF?
I've PM'd them to ask how it happened, but does anyone know? I don't think it's a shared computer, as has happened with colleague Barbers before due to cookies, but it's a bit worrying a)that it happened by accident and b) that I only found out about it by accident.

Tryphena Absent

18:50 / 09.09.05

I'm more worried about people hacking my email account than knowing my login name.

Quantum, you weren't using wedding-heat's computer?

Triplets

23:22 / 09.09.05

Yeah, that's what Papprouce said in the comic thread. Don't you two guys know each other IRL?

Spatula Clarke

00:07 / 10.09.05

I'm more worried about people hacking my email account than knowing my login name.

The point is that you should change your login name as well as (or instead of) your password, if you haven't done so already. That way, the board won't even understand who it is they're trying to log in as and, as a result, you won't get the email reminders sent to you.

Tryphena Absent

01:08 / 10.09.05

Well I haven't had another one since but I'll bear it in mind if it happens again.

Tryphena Absent

01:09 / 10.09.05

... I presume you have to contact Tom if you want to change your login name?

Quantum

09:19 / 10.09.05

Mystery solved. Work computer keeping the cookies (frickin' cookies) so that when someone else looks at barbelith they automatically login as me. Turns out wedding heat *is* at my old job using those PCs Pappuce style.
How annoying. I hope nobody mean uses those PCs and starts trolling people in my name but there's eff all I can do about it. Poop.

w1rebaby

10:24 / 10.09.05

You could change your password.

ONLY NICE THINGS

10:33 / 10.09.05

Or get Wedding Heat to delete the coookies on the machine - if you can log in to Barbelith, I doubt it's that locked down. But yeah, change your password.

Spatula Clarke

11:17 / 10.09.05

... I presume you have to contact Tom if you want to change your login name?

Y'know, that's a really good point. I hadn't even noticed that. I could have sworn you used to be able to do it here.

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