Why I Hate Your Website

Re:Why I Hate Your Website by roam on Monday June 29, 2009 @02:52PM (#679463)

"Also, have an option for password recovery that doesn't require the registered email address. I have a couple of dead accounts because the email address I used to register is no longer active and I can't recall the password. Yet, the reminder is sent to that address"

Err... how exactly would that work? Just because you know the username and/or email address you should be able to reset the password?

Does anybody here have an idea that could work?

Edit: to clarify: I'm not a huge fan of the "Your question/Your answer" approach either.

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Re:Why I Hate Your Website by twoz on Monday June 29, 2009 @05:16PM (#679694)

I'll take a stab at this.

Click "forgot password" link.

Message: Modify your HN profile to include the phrase "RandomTextPleaseLetMeIn".

Click on "Verify me from HN".

The system lets you in. Now change your password.

Edit:

Instead of HN profile URL, you could also use Delicious ala 'save the following link with this tag "RandomFunk" to your Delicious profile'.

The goal is to prove to a website that has read-access something to which you have write-access.

This something is shared between you and the website before hand (at registration).

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Re:Why I Hate Your Website by falsestprophet on Monday June 29, 2009 @05:33PM (#679721)

Thats called OpenID

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Re:Why I Hate Your Website by twoz on Monday June 29, 2009 @06:57PM (#679860)

I don't quite understand.

You have an OpenID. You've forgotten your password. How do you get back into your account without requesting an e-mail to reset it?

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Re:Why I Hate Your Website by moe on Monday June 29, 2009 @07:43PM (#679914)

RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

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