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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:04 pm
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:58 am
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

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 8:26 am
by patrikG
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.