Of passwords, "hacking" and remedies. (English)

[MadDog21 230]

I receive substantial pleas to fix what "hackers" are doing to "my account." Let's make some terms equally understandable. First, they aren't hackers, you haven't been hacked and the error with 99.9% probability is yours. It's against Tanki Rules to share PW's. Several reasons for this exist, but let's focus on this. "Hacking." Don't EVER share your PW. Never, never NEVER!

 

When you share your PW you do it in the foolish belief that your "friend" will behave honorably. The is a "friend" you've never met, who has no genuine reason to be trustworthy whatever and no real interest on you or your welfare. If you know the word or mathematical concept of exponential, good. You'll get this. If you don't know, look it up. It works like this, and my words might seem harsh, but they're factual. You share/reveal your PW to a "friend." This is someone you never met, someone who has no investment in you and someone who may seem in type to be a "really nice person." It's really easy, far too easy, to lie. Some cultures even encourage becoming a good liar. In type, on the Internet, it's far easier to lie. Trusting someone whom you've never met is flat out foolish and stupid. Remember, I warned you about a harsh but factual tone.

 

Say you "share" your PW. Your "trusted 'friend' " shares it with three others each of whom share it with five of their "friends." Get it? Soon your account is known to many, none of whom have any investment in you or cause for honor regarding you. DON'T SHARE YOUR PW!

 

Here are your remedies. Log in so you can see the battle screens. In the upper right corner are 5 buttons, the middle of which looks somewhat like a machine gear, silver in color. Click it. Follow instructions for "Change password and email."

 

Once you've succeeded in changing your PW, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER SHARE IT AGAIN. NOT EVER! If you're unable to change it, odds are one of your friends or one theirs changed it. In this case your only hope is to enlist the aid of the good and very busy folks who run and manage Tanki. Contact help@tankionline.com for assistance, and be patient. Since far too many fail to follow rules,, they get far more work than they ought. They will help . . ., eventually. Provide them all the detail you can: Date of "hack" or as near as you can get, e-mail address, game nick, nick(s) of whomever you know you shared it with. anything that might help EXCEPT your PW. If they need that, they'll ask.

 

I wish you well in this. I know it can't be fun, but take from it a worthwhile lesson. DO NOT SHARE YOU PW WITH ANYONE ANYTIME!

 

Best wishes.

 

MadDog21

[ang12123 0]

But there's one thing you haven't told me. If I registered my account with an old E-mail and I want to change it to my new one since the old one I don't want anymore. Reason is cuz I forgot it's password and it's got like 5000 junk mail. I can't be bothered to delete them all :xD.

[SalvadorSTM 20]

So, if its that much of a deal why can't they just change their pass... ?

 

Of course they are smart enough to not make their email password the same as tanki... right?

[r_pwn0 1]

a lot of my noobish friends at school ask for my pass. i always say never. ive even seen one of my friends computer documents, and it had 9 account logins of people i know on tanki, including some really high ranks.