Hello Guys,
Many of you have, at some time or other, visited and logged onto this site from a internet cafe, a shared computer, or a hotel computer....
It it vitally important that you all log out of the site before you leave the computer...
If you don't, you allow other people to access the board through your membership... they will be able to see anything that you can see, and use your ID to troll and flame... If you were unlucky you might find yourself banned by the time you returned... all because someone else has used your ID...
Be safe, and log out of the site before you log off.
Murgatroyd

How about a explanation on the remember me feature ?

please ,

Joe

Also we don't want any BG's getting access!

The girls that work in the net cafe's are normally pretty internet savvy, could cause problems!

Thanks Murg, great advice Sir

My understanding is that the "remember me" feature causes the computer to store and use your membership ID and password whenever someone uses that computer to log onto the board...
Thus you should never check the "Remember me" box on a computer that doesn't belong to you, or that might be used by other people...
And NEVER in an internet cafe, hotel, or work computer!

And Please look out for shoulder surfers...

Murg

That's exactly what it does, and if you do it by accident, then you should change your password immediately.

But it's not just the "remember me" feature.

Logging off your session in an internet cafe does NOT automatically log you off any boards that you have been looking at.

They will remain open to the PC that you have used and the next person to use that PC can pick up where you left off!!!

Even turning off the PC doesn't always do it - that depends on how the internet cafe's network was set up.

This is also true of Hotmail, Yahoo mail and Gmail/Googlemail - and probably many other mail systems as well. By not logging off everything, you leave yourself vulnerable to the next person to come along.

Many people don't realise this - I've lost count of the number of times I've gone onto a PC only to find myself looking at somebody else's mail.


Cheers

LL

Great advice there Lounge Lizard, thanks for posting!

If you really want to be paranoid you can do this after you have logged out. Go to Tools on the menu bar and select Internet Options. On that page click Delete Cookies and Delete Files. Once that is done click on the Content tab and select AutoComplete. On this page click Clear Forms and Clear Passwords.

If you leave an internet cafe and remember that you forgot to log out you do not need to go back to the same computer to log off. Get to the nearest computer and log on. This will log off the session that you had on the original computer.

Im not so sure that is always the case Scumbag. I think there are ways round it for certain places you log in from. Are you 100% sure? I have often wondered if this is the case? I NEVER click 'remember me' on a shared computer. I learnt the hard way in LOS. I forgot to log out, but fortunately went back to the SAME computer at the SAME internet cafe and realised what id done. Now im EXTRA carefule in LOS. BG's could fuck this site right up. I dont want any BG who knows tirak on this site. 55 I feel paranoid now, TR might have to become 'private' soon.

The software is setup such that if you log on from a certain IP address then switch to another (say you go to a different location) you have to log in again. If you go back to the original location you will have to log in again even though you did not log out on that computer. Believe me on this as I have done it many times. I mainly use my work computer to access the forum. I never log out as I have a unique log in on the computer. If I access the forum from where I stay I have to log in again. On returning to work I have to log in again. IF I don't log in from where I stay I don't have to log in on my work computer the following day.

This is not the case with other boards. I know with Talk I stay logged in if I change locations (ie IP addresses.)

You're welcome - I'm sure I shall be saying it again at some point.

Cheers


LL

Scumbag, that's a fair point about IP addresses, but remember that all the PCs in an internet cafe are likely to be networked and sharing the same IP address, so just moving to another PC in the same cafe won't necessarily force a disconnect.

There are so many different ways of setting things up that it all becomes horribly complicated, and the only safe way is to make a point of logging off everything. If the system times you out, then buy a few more minutes time and go back in to close everything down properly.

Cheers

LL