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Forum security improved
« on: May 27, 2018, 11:19:48 am »
If you login using:
http://eurokclub.bike/
you'll now be silently redirected to:
https://eurokclub.bike/

The 's' in https is for Secure - normally indicated by a locked padlock in the address bar of your browser.
This secure version of the forum has been in place for a while, and is now the only option to access the forum.

This means data sent & received between you and the EuroKClub server is encrypted* so no else can intercept and read it.



*Some images aren't being encrypted (avatar images, I believe), so you may also see an orange padlock, or a warning of partial security ('parts of the page are insecure'). It is technically possible, but very unlikely, that someone could replace the avatar images with another image. Weirdos.

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Re: Forum security improved
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2018, 11:44:53 am »
Excellent work. Have a beer on me  8)

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Re: Forum security improved
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2018, 09:51:38 pm »
Have MI5 been informed?
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Re: Forum security improved
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2018, 10:18:32 pm »
Or should it be MI 6  ???

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Re: Forum security improved
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2018, 08:54:09 am »
MI 4 RSE?

TLDR: don't share passwords across valuable sites.

My main worry is the users are lazy and re-use passwords across different websites.
For example, if used the same password here as you do for Amazon, then it may have been visible (from this site) to nefarious folks who then stash it away. At some later date they may try that email and password combi against other sites (Amazon, banks, etc) - ones that contain monetary value, or more interesting personal data.

If you want to scare yourself just visit this site - it's a safe site - and enter your email address.
It tells you how many known data breaches contained that email address:
https://haveibeenpwned.com *

In my case I have two entries in there, but I know both the passwords compromised aren't my banking/vital website ones, so I should be OK.

*'pwned'  = 'owned'. It's a classic gamer typo about capturing/dominating opponents, and nothing to do with pawn, porn, etc.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2018, 09:46:16 am by richtea »

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Re: Forum security improved
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2018, 09:03:40 am »
Just checked mine. No pwnage found. That's good.  :) Thanks for the link Rich.

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Re: Forum security improved
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2018, 04:03:14 pm »
I have two, one of which was the terrible LinkedIn break-in.