I, Replicate's Guide to Being Safe in the Ida

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I, Replicate's Guide to Being Safe in the Ida

I Replicate wrote:If you dont want your account "hacked" (you all use that term too loosely), just do the following:
1) Dont EVER give out your pass. 99% of the so called "hackers" just learned your password from you or someone else you told your password to.
2) Dont have your pass related to anything stargate, your username, your email, or even interests. Try to keep it something thats seems random, but may mean something to you personally.
3) If you follow the two above steps, no one can "hack" your account in sgw, but another thing to do is register at yahoo or hotmail or something for a new email address, change your email to that, and dont tell anyone that new email. The email is also needed to log in, and there are too many possibilities for someone to bother with that. But, if you use your personal one that everyone knows about, thats one less thing one has to bother with

4) Just a general password tip: there are 4 types of characters: lowercase (a), uppercase (A), numers (1), and special (&). Sgw itself it not case sensitive, so that leave 3 character types to use for your pass. Use each type at least once in your pass. And in general password making, use all 4 types. Only 8-14 characters at most are needed if you follow these 4 rules.


I am making this a sticky in the newby thread. Thank you I, Replicate :)

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Just wanted to add as a general rule of thumb for the internet,

Never fill out a " What is your porn name" fun thread, most of these threads ask for your pets name and mothers maiden name, both of which are questions that come up as "security questions" when you forget your password and need it sent to another email account.

Now I'm not saying the person starting the thread is a hacker but anyone can come along to a public board and get that information.

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Also : Dont sign up to anouther game with the same password, as the password may be used from that game by a naughty little admin to access your account here.
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buck wrote:Also : Dont sign up to anouther game with the same password, as the password may be used from that game by a naughty little admin to access your account here.
Same with forums...
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