Please Update Your Password

[Big Fin]

I'm on the road right now while Matthew and I work with the Xenforo tech team to reduce the likelihood of another spam session like yesterday.

Mudranger's PW was likely discovered by folks trying to hack his personal or financial information elsewhere. Using the same PW in multiple places is problematic if you are hacked by one of those groups. They easily track your web browsing and try the common user names and PWs they have observed you using.

Changing PWs helps a lot.

On our end we are buying a plug-in to block activity from any IP address that is not one of the whitelisted countries we approve.

Based on our traffic history, it is suggested we only approve the following countries:

USA
Canada
Mexico
New Zealand
Australia
UK

Most spammers are based in Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia, or Africa.

That will be a bummer for less than 0.4% of our audience. But, we have to take more drastic steps than just subscribing to a known data base of spam IPs and fake emails.

Please help this effort by updating your PW.

 

[mtmuley]

If it will help from seeing pics like last night, I'm all for it. My eyes are still burning. mtmuley

 

[WyoDoug]

If it will help from seeing pics like last night, I'm all for it. My eyes are still burning. mtmuley

Once seen you just can't unsee it no more?

 

[noharleyyet]

If it will help from seeing pics like last night, I'm all for it. My eyes are still burning. mtmuley

Now you know why selfies make your nose too big....

 

[WyoDoug]

I use purely random letters and characters in mine and I use long passwords and they are not maintained on my PC to be found. When I can't remember, I stick the thumb drive in my PC long enough to check and even those are encrypted and password protected. Easy to do and allows you to maintain very strong passwords and different ones for each place you visit. This is important especially for accounts dealing with financial information.

 

[WyoDoug]

Now you know why selfies make your nose too big....

So Pinocchio had a long nose and a.... n/m

 

[ida homer]

Rumpranger owes us all a beer for that shit!

 

[Doublecluck]

If it will help from seeing pics like last night, I'm all for it. My eyes are still burning. mtmuley

Now you know how every guy on this forum who owns a 6.5 or 7-08 feels reading half your posts.

 

[Bullshot]

BigFin you mentioned the costly IT bills these issues generate. Is there any reason this website doesn't have a "donate" button? Every little bit can help and we all benefit from the service, and the hours you, Mrs, Matthew, and team give to it.

 

[WyoDoug]

BigFin you mentioned the costly IT bills these issues generate. Is there any reason this website doesn't have a "donate" button? Every little bit can help and we all benefit from the service, and the hours you, Mrs, Matthew, and team give to it.

This is a good idea. You could use some of the money to go towards your conservation efforts too. It would give the rest of us an opportunity to participate and help out.

 

[Schaaf]

BigFin you mentioned the costly IT bills these issues generate. Is there any reason this website doesn't have a "donate" button? Every little bit can help and we all benefit from the service, and the hours you, Mrs, Matthew, and team give to it.

If there was a 99 cent per hour on this website I bet I’d donate more here than I do to western states during application seasons.

 

[Hunting Wife]

BigFin you mentioned the costly IT bills these issues generate. Is there any reason this website doesn't have a "donate" button? Every little bit can help and we all benefit from the service, and the hours you, Mrs, Matthew, and team give to it.

This has possibilities. It could be like the Swear Jar of HT.

Or we could go the tip jar route to recognize outstanding achievements.

 

[WapitiBob]

Separate passwords for web forums, email, and any financial sites.

 

[Big Fin]

BigFin you mentioned the costly IT bills these issues generate. Is there any reason this website doesn't have a "donate" button? Every little bit can help and we all benefit from the service, and the hours you, Mrs, Matthew, and team give to it.

Thanks for you thoughtful idea on this. It is an option with the forum software platform. Other forum owners I know use it and suggest I do the same. Just not in my nature to ask for donations.

Thanks again. I'll take it under advisement.

 

[rwc101]

Make membership $1,000. Might motivate me to get off the site and do something productive with my life. Probably not.

 

[Elkmagnet]

I bet that was a headache!

 

[ida homer]

Charge $5 a year. Weeds out the one way street guys, looking for free intel. If any leftover $, donate to RMEF. Hell @Mudranger1 pays a lot more than that for his subscriptions..

 

[Dunning Kruger]

Ill change mine to "password"

Enjoy the show

 

[Cheesehead]

Charge $5 a year. Weeds out the one way street guys, looking for free intel. If any leftover $, donate to RMEF. Hell @Mudranger1 pays a lot more than that for his subscriptions..

Similar thoughts in my head.
I know this isn’t a money making proposition for the fresh Tracks ecosystem.
I’d happily pay freemium $20 a year to keep out the riffraff and ensure continuity of HT.

 

[Addicting]

I would gladly chip in, @Big Fin you should let us help. We all owe you for all you do anyway.