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[RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
I'm honored. 
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
This can be checked in the User Control Panel under =>Edit "Remember Me" login keys<=nickvergessen wrote:The idea of last visit is, so the user can detect if someone logged in for him
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
I was writing it on mobile so I probably hit Enter twice. Is this really what we want to discuss here?
I created this RFC because I see so many people asking how to remove this line from their header. It does not serve its purpose because nobody knows what is its purpose (I did not know it after using phpBB for 7 years) and it is too simple to warn you about being hacked.
Take a look on Gmail or FB. They are much bigger sites, with really sensitive personal data. Therefor they take security much more serious then phpBB. Do you see this little line right under the Gmail or FB logo? I dont and if I would see it, I would not know what is it. However in Gmail footer, there is little line "Last activity was 2 minutes ago. View Details." I also see this in FB Privacy settings.
So I try it again. I suggest to remove this line from header where it really does not belong and move it to footer with link to UCP.
I created this RFC because I see so many people asking how to remove this line from their header. It does not serve its purpose because nobody knows what is its purpose (I did not know it after using phpBB for 7 years) and it is too simple to warn you about being hacked.
Take a look on Gmail or FB. They are much bigger sites, with really sensitive personal data. Therefor they take security much more serious then phpBB. Do you see this little line right under the Gmail or FB logo? I dont and if I would see it, I would not know what is it. However in Gmail footer, there is little line "Last activity was 2 minutes ago. View Details." I also see this in FB Privacy settings.
So I try it again. I suggest to remove this line from header where it really does not belong and move it to footer with link to UCP.
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
Just because gmail does it one way doesn't mean phpbb has to do it the same way, imho.
I think it makes more sense in the header, where people will be more likely to notice it rather than buried in the footer. It's not obtrusive and it serves a purpose even if you didn't know what it was.
YMMV...
I think it makes more sense in the header, where people will be more likely to notice it rather than buried in the footer. It's not obtrusive and it serves a purpose even if you didn't know what it was.
YMMV...
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
I do use them periodically as well to check that my timezone settings are correct. I can't recall ever looking at the last visit line myself, but it may be useful to some.
I think in this case we might want to keep it and for people who want to remove it we can create a knowledge base article that people can be referred to.
I think in this case we might want to keep it and for people who want to remove it we can create a knowledge base article that people can be referred to.
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
This is only the case, when you tick the "Remember Me" on login, which you certainly wouldn't, when stealing an account...Pony99CA wrote:... links to the UCP's Edit "Remember Me" login keys page, which shows where and when you logged in from (you did know about that, right?).
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
Unless you were dumb enough to do so.nickvergessen wrote:This is only the case, when you tick the "Remember Me" on login, which you certainly wouldn't, when stealing an account...Pony99CA wrote:... links to the UCP's Edit "Remember Me" login keys page, which shows where and when you logged in from (you did know about that, right?).
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That explains the verbose name.nickvergessen wrote:This is only the case, when you tick the "Remember Me" on login, which you certainly wouldn't, when stealing an account...Pony99CA wrote:... links to the UCP's Edit "Remember Me" login keys page, which shows where and when you logged in from (you did know about that, right?).
What if we logged all logins there, but only allowed deleting the Remember Me ones? Then you could rename the section View logins. (Maybe there should also be an ACP option to purge logins after a period of time, too.)
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
Haven't seen those lines on any of my boards since phpbb2.0.11 and I think it's enough to just remove em if one wants to.