Tapacraptalk warning

Post by **HikeUp** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:54 am

There is a banner across the top that reads...

You have less than 30 days to transition your forum account to Tapatalk - To streamline the account management among all Tapatalk Groups and to make it easier for you to access network-wide features, we will be migrating your current forum account to a Tapatalk account. Your username and profile in this group will not be affected at all, but your email and password information will be migrated to Tapatalk. Please Sign Up or Log In to Tapatalk to complete your migration. Learn More

What does this mean?

Post by **Sean** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:52 am

I'm assuming you haven't created a Tapatalk account and connected it with this forum. I don't know why they require it, but they apparently do now. Do you know how to do that?

Post by **HikeUp** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:46 pm

Yes. I guess I have just resisted doing it up to now.

Thanks.

David R · Post by **David R** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:58 pm

The man is trying to get our contact information, can't wait for incoming e-mails.

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:13 pm

Post by **HikeUp** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:16 pm

I've been assimilated. Be sure to uncheck all 50 thousand email notification types you can receive. Under settings.

Post by **Sean** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:31 pm

Resistance is futile.

Post by **HikeUp** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:37 pm

Sean wrote: Resistance is futile.

Meh, it was more indifference that resistance

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:08 pm

Indifference is futile.

Post by **Sean** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:37 pm

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:52 pm

I got the warning, dutifully changed my Tapatalk name to mitch_barrie, then attempted to change my password (which I no longer want associated with my e-mail address since back in the day I used it on multiple sites). Well, the geniuses in Bangalore at Tapatalk who coded this thing don't recognize my old password. You know, the password I just used to log in to the site 90 seconds ago and that I would urgently like to change before we learn the site security was programmed by the same monkeys and my insecure old password ends up in the databases of Russian hackers.

The only way to change the forum password is to (wait for it) . . . go to your Tapatalk profile page and change it there. That's the profile page that doesn't recognize my old password.

Anyone got any ideas about how I can get my password changed? I'm thinking of just trying the old "lost my password" gambit, but I am concerned I might never get back into the forum then.

Post by **dima** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:22 pm

Sigh. These geniuses are in Santa Monica.

Post by **Sean** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:02 pm

simonov wrote:Anyone got any ideas about how I can get my password changed? I'm thinking of just trying the old "lost my password" gambit, but I am concerned I might never get back into the forum then.

I can send you a code word through a personal message on the forum. Use it to confirm who you are if you have to create a new account to sign back in.

I'm not sure if I can help with the Tapatalk account. I don't have access to it.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:06 am

The Tapatalk people gave me a link to a password reset page where I don't need to use my old password. I guess that ought to work, but . . . it's easy to imagine what a disaster that could be. They ought to fix the problem.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:49 am

Just tried the link. Everything seems to work.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:51 am

. . . except my old login and password still work also. The whole point of changing my password is to ensure my old password isn't linked to my e-mail address when the site inevitably gets hacked.

So are the old logons supposed to go away completely?

Post by **Sean** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:18 pm

Do you mean the old password works when you log into Tapatalk or to this forum? I think they are still different accounts.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 6:47 pm

Yeah, there are apparently two accounts. Since they won't let me change the password on the forum account, I'd really like them to make it go away.

Post by **dima** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:25 pm

They aren't really on top of it. Like you said, they're definitely getting hacked at some point. Don't re-use any important passwords here.