Freebird Posted July 22, 2023 Share #1 Posted July 22, 2023 There is a change coming to the way that you login to the site. This is not something that I am doing, it is being implemented by the software developer. In the very near future, you will no longer be able to login with your username. You will have to login with your email address. Your username will still show up once logged in but you have to login with your email address.. You can already do that and I recommend that you start doing it now. This is a security issue. Your usernames are known to all and hackers use advanced methods to try and crack your passwords so that they can login under your name. Your email address is not publicly available here so it makes it harder to hack your account. Right now, you can login with your username or password but username login is being removed from the software. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddlebum Posted July 22, 2023 Share #2 Posted July 22, 2023 31 minutes ago, Freebird said: There is a change coming to the way that you login to the site. This is not something that I am doing, it is being implemented by the software developer. In the very near future, you will no longer be able to login with your username. You will have to login with your email address. Your username will still show up once logged in but you have to login with your email address.. You can already do that and I recommend that you start doing it now. This is a security issue. Your usernames are known to all and hackers use advanced methods to try and crack your passwords so that they can login under your name. Your email address is not publicly available here so it makes it harder to hack your account. Right now, you can login with your username or password but username login is being removed from the software. SO how do you go about making the change 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted July 22, 2023 If you ever actually logout, simply use your email and current password to log in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpate4home Posted July 22, 2023 Share #4 Posted July 22, 2023 If you are like me and have many different emails and don't remember which one you used you can see the email you signed up with by clicking your screen name under the banner, choose Profile. Then in the upper left you will see edit profile. You will see and can change your email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted July 22, 2023 Share #5 Posted July 22, 2023 All set here. Just logged in using my email address. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share #6 Posted July 22, 2023 Just a note. If you are somebody, like me, who never actually logs out, you won't be affected. You won't be logged out doe to the cnange. But if for some reason hour DO get logged out, you just won't be able to login using the username. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickersguy Posted July 23, 2023 Share #7 Posted July 23, 2023 Did my best, followed the instructions, no sign of any e-mail address on my profile. Email deleted by Freebird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickersguy Posted July 23, 2023 Share #8 Posted July 23, 2023 never mind, it worked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share #9 Posted July 23, 2023 I set up an "Alert" to make sure that this news gets out to everybody. I don't know if it worked or not though. Can anybody confirm that they received it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW Posted July 23, 2023 Share #10 Posted July 23, 2023 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riderduke Posted July 24, 2023 Share #11 Posted July 24, 2023 Yup got it! I just signed in with email also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnacle442 Posted July 24, 2023 Share #12 Posted July 24, 2023 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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