Password Resets

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  frater · Member · Oct 17, 2012 at 6:02 am

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  I’ve gotten a few emails today, one after the other, letting me know that a request was made to reset my password. I can only assume that someone else is doing it, though I’m not sure why they would (other than to annoy me perhaps).

  Has anyone else had this issue?
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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 17, 2012 at 8:48 pm

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  I don’t see anything malicious here, as it looked like they only requested it twice with the last time being 15 hours ago.

  My best guess is that someone just made a typo in their username.

  When a password is reset, an email is sent with an authorization link to your email address, so if they don’t have access to your email, they can’t reset your password.

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  frater · Member · Oct 17, 2012 at 11:02 pm

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  Thanks, was just making me nervous watching them come in. If it’d been just one, I would have ignored it, but having it happen twice started me worrying.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 17, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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  You’re welcome!

  Generally, twice is normal for someone making a typo on a username. They do it once, wonder why the reset email hasn’t arrived, do it one more time, then they start putting the pieces together.