Alternate Password Verification
9 years ago
Spreading the word as some of you may have forgot your old email accounts for the whole shitty verification thing. This part of a journal was a copied from
Miles-DF who copied it from the journal of
jasonafex
" I'm concerned for users that may have made their accounts many years ago and used now irrelevant email addresses. Some people have throw-away emails they use for websites they may not want attached to their main account, such as adult porn sites. If you made this email between 5-15 years ago, it could be very difficult to remember your information.
Certain types of emails even expire/deactivate if left dormant for an extended period of time. What other methods could FA utilise that could verify the owner of an account, without compromising security?
If you are having the above issue, FA staff encourages users to email them via accounts[at]furaffinity.net including your username "


" I'm concerned for users that may have made their accounts many years ago and used now irrelevant email addresses. Some people have throw-away emails they use for websites they may not want attached to their main account, such as adult porn sites. If you made this email between 5-15 years ago, it could be very difficult to remember your information.
Certain types of emails even expire/deactivate if left dormant for an extended period of time. What other methods could FA utilise that could verify the owner of an account, without compromising security?
If you are having the above issue, FA staff encourages users to email them via accounts[at]furaffinity.net including your username "