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Discussion in 'Questions & Suggestions' started by PINEAPPLE, Oct 13, 2022.

  1. DDDenny
    Joined: Feb 6, 2015
    Posts: 22,896

    DDDenny
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    from oregon

    Cripes, the bastidge needs to get a hobby!
     
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  2. ironandsteele
    Joined: Apr 25, 2006
    Posts: 6,226

    ironandsteele
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    These scammers are getting out of control, seems they're everywhere unfortunately.






     
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  3. ccain
    Joined: Jun 13, 2009
    Posts: 1,231

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    Jeez. It seems like the only way to fight this kinda stuff is to put the whole site behind a paywall -AND- require a two step verification before each and every post, regardless of what part of the forum in which you want to post. It ****s, but that's where we're headed.

    If some of these folks would put half the time and effort they invest in being s***bags into doing something legitimate, they would be rich.
     
  4. Ryan
    Joined: Jan 2, 1995
    Posts: 23,095

    Ryan
    ADMINISTRATOR
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    Hey fellas... Public Service Announcement of Sorts.

    Change your p***words. Here, it's not that big of a deal (but you should still do it) as we are small and I watch access points pretty consistently. However, if you use things like eBay, YouTube, Insta, etc... change your p***words today. And use different long string p***words on every site/service you use. Example of a long string is something like this:

    rzR[ck+2:y^beZ%M-"s}}

    A p***word should be damned near impossible to remember. As such, use something like 1p***word to keep and store these. Or if you are in the apple ecosystem, use their p***word management. You just need something encrypted.

    ***

    Doing some brute force testing just to show guys how easy a p***word is to crack. Here's some example p***words and the time it took my script to crack them.

    porsche964 - 4.55 seconds
    TGJ2022tgj - 4 minutes 21 seconds
    WrenchMaid! - 5 minutes 02 seconds
    1921Texas!3245 - 3 hours 7 minutes 12 seconds
    rzR[ck+2:y^beZ%M-"s}} - 36 hours and running
     
  5. PINEAPPLE
    Joined: Aug 26, 2012
    Posts: 553

    PINEAPPLE
    Member

    Good advice Ryan.. Thanks so much to you fellas for jumping on this so fast. I have a few friends who sell on instagram that are now putting a slip of paper with their user name in every picture. This shows who the real seller is. Might be a good method for cl***ifieds here as well.
     
  6. Ryan
    Joined: Jan 2, 1995
    Posts: 23,095

    Ryan
    ADMINISTRATOR
    Staff Member

    Thanks for being smart about this...
     
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  7. Hell man, I can't even remember my current p***word so that I can change it! It's saved to my phone. How can I get it so that I can change it?
     
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  8. ccain
    Joined: Jun 13, 2009
    Posts: 1,231

    ccain
    Member

    Come on... admit it!

    Most of us are this guy:

    Screen Shot 2022-10-14 at 6.01.20 PM.png

    :p:p:p
     
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  9. indyjps
    Joined: Feb 21, 2007
    Posts: 5,398

    indyjps
    Member

    Sorry guys. I'll step up my security.
     
  10. Ah I liked you having a foul mouth lmao! It was your alter ego!
     
  11. Ryan
    Joined: Jan 2, 1995
    Posts: 23,095

    Ryan
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    I think it was the Australian accent that gave it away. :)
     
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  12. I like this idea. Another group I'm a part of does this and includes the date on the paper as well
     
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  13. PINEAPPLE
    Joined: Aug 26, 2012
    Posts: 553

    PINEAPPLE
    Member

    Could be a sticky with all this included for cl***ified posting.
     
  14. PINEAPPLE
    Joined: Aug 26, 2012
    Posts: 553

    PINEAPPLE
    Member

    up
     
  15. Ryan
    Joined: Jan 2, 1995
    Posts: 23,095

    Ryan
    ADMINISTRATOR
    Staff Member

    Give me a bit. Working on something.
     
  16. PINEAPPLE
    Joined: Aug 26, 2012
    Posts: 553

    PINEAPPLE
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  17. 210superair
    Joined: Jun 23, 2020
    Posts: 2,296

    210superair
    Member
    from Michigan

    I must say, I've seen indyjps all over the site, and when I first started reading this thread I thought "awwwwww damn, he's gone rouge!"

    Lmao
     

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