Re: Meeples Choice Award Voting Website -- don't re-use passwords

"Larry Levy [email protected] [spielfrieks]" <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:22:00 -0400
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Wow.  Another reminder that, even when you're having fun, it's a crappy
world we live in.  :-(

Thanks for being vigilant and passing this on, Wei-Hwa.

Larry

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:54 PM Wei-Hwa Huang [email protected]
[spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Since this came up in private email I thought I'd bring it up.
>
> The MCA voting website doesn't have the best security.  So please, don't
> use a password there that you use on other sites for sensitive
> information.  In fact, since the worst a hacker can do here is to vote fo=
r
> games, I'd recommend using a crappy password like '123456'.
>
> There's no easy way to change your password on the site, because writing
> websites is hard.  So if you want to change your password, send me an ema=
il
> with the password you'd like to use..
>
> I've noticed a whole bunch of accounts created on the site from suspiciou=
s
> sites .. you know, like 10 accounts generated from an IP address in Moldo=
va
> and usernames all dictionary words with three letters appended, stuff lik=
e
> that.  I'll be purging such accounts in the next few minutes.  I
> hope I won't accidentally remove any accounts from real voters, but in
> case I do, sorry and let me
> know.
>
> --
> Wei-Hwa Huang, [email protected]
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> "Where are all the time travellers?" -- generalizing the Fermi Paradox to
> four dimensions
>
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      <p><div dir=3D"ltr">Wow.=C2=A0 Another reminder that, even when you&#=
39;re having fun, it&#39;s a crappy world we live in.=C2=A0 :-(<div><br></d=
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href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> [spielfrieks] &lt;<=
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      <p></p><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi folks,<div><br></div><div>Since this came =
up in private=C2=A0email I thought I&#39;d bring it up.</div><div><br></div=
><div>The MCA voting website doesn&#39;t have the best security.=C2=A0 So p=
lease, don&#39;t use a password there that you use on other sites for sensi=
tive information.=C2=A0 In fact, since the worst a hacker can do here is to=
 vote for games, I&#39;d recommend using a crappy password like &#39;123456=
&#39;.</div><div><br></div><div>There&#39;s no easy way to change your pass=
word on the site, because writing websites is hard.=C2=A0 So if you want to=
 change your password, send me an email with the password you&#39;d like to=
 use..</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve noticed a whole bunch of accounts =
created on the site from suspicious sites .. you know, like 10 accounts gen=
erated from an IP address in Moldova and usernames all dictionary words wit=
h three letters appended, stuff like that.=C2=A0 I&#39;ll be purging such a=
ccounts in the next few minutes.=C2=A0 I</div><div>hope I won&#39;t acciden=
tally remove any accounts from real voters, but in case I do, sorry and let=
 me</div><div>know.<br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"=
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[email protected]</a><br>------------------------------------------------------=
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