[SOLVED]I almost dare not ask...

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McGruff
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Post by McGruff »

Jean-Yves wrote:The problem is of course that if another user knows your name and email address, they can request a password reset, which is annoying.
Hence the use of a "secret question" option: eg what is your favourite cheese (mine's stilton).

Oh damn! That's my admin account stiffed...

Who knows, before long USB fingerprint readers and retinal scans might become commonplace. That sounds like a step forward but personally I think cookie theft is a lot easier to deal with. Much less painful.
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Jean-Yves
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Post by Jean-Yves »

Again, many thanks to all for the solutions and the discussion generally which has been very useful.

I will mark the topic as Solved as all my questions have been answered :)
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McGruff wrote:Who knows, before long USB fingerprint readers and retinal scans might become commonplace. That sounds like a step forward but personally I think cookie theft is a lot easier to deal with. Much less painful.
To you, McG, to you. I'd rather have someone steal my stilton than my cookies.
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