Should I be worried?

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Ian Fitzpatrick
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Should I be worried?

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Logging on this morning (and yesterday) :_

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Gavin Chipper
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Re: Should I be worried?

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Seems a bit weird. Is that a forum thing or local to you, do you think?
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Re: Should I be worried?

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Might be something to do with the lack of https. I'm unable to visit a different forum from my work machine which doesn't have this feature; I presume I can only use this place because it's either set up better, or it's locally hosted.
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Re: Should I be worried?

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c4countdown.co.uk still uses unencrypted HTTP rather than HTTPS. I suspect this has always been the case and we've only just noticed.

I think C4C ought to have HTTPS and an SSL certificate like Apterous and most other websites do nowadays. AFAIK Charlie controls the domain so only he can set that up.
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Re: Should I be worried?

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yeah don't use the same password for c4c as your bank...
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Graeme Cole
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Re: Should I be worried?

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I've opened an Apterous ticket. It seems strange to raise tickets on Apterous for things related to C4C, but precedent exists.
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Re: Should I be worried?

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Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:14 pm I've opened an Apterous ticket. It seems strange to raise tickets on Apterous for things related to C4C, but precedent exists.
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Arthur Page
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Re: Should I be worried?

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Hmm, just received this message this morning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E8jogo ... p=drivesdk
Fortunately I use a nonce password for this website but I would definitely be careful if you use the same password and email for other websites.
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Re: Should I be worried?

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Fortunately I use a nonce password
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Re: Should I be worried?

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:00 pm
Fortunately I use a nonce password
(hehe)
Nonce passwords are kept more secure, for obvious reasons. Mine is J1mmy5av1l3.
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Re: Should I be worried?

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I was reading a random article about Bitcoin and it mentioned nonce and that it meant single-use, so there you go. It's not something you readily Google. (I could have looked it up in a print dictionary obviously.)
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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:57 pm I was reading a random article about Bitcoin and it mentioned nonce and that it meant single-use, so there you go. It's not something you readily Google. (I could have looked it up in a print dictionary obviously.)
Better to have a nonce password than a nonce username imo ;)
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