Please Log Out From The Forum!

[Ijustwannateach]

This may be a technical issue actually, but I'm putting this in the general section because otherwise the people who need to see it may never read it... in just the last month, I've logged three different users out of their profiles on this forum sitting down at a random computer in the same Internet cafe I use!

This can be serious, folks! I could send messages from your profile to play all kinds of nasty tricks on you (if I were that type of person!)- and if *I* could do it, someone really nasty WILL do it! Hit that log out option before closing the profile! It MATTERS!

"Steven"

[Kan Win]

I concur.

Also, DO NOT FORGET to LOG OUT from all of your other sites like Hotmail, Yahoo etc….. whist on a Public Computer .

Thank you Ijustwannateach for this info and please keep teaching TV.Dot Com members to LOG OUT.

Happy Days

[Ijustwannateach]

I'm reposting here just to bump it back up, since it's been less than a day since I made the initial post- and people really do need to be more careful about it, apparently.

"Steven"

[tuky]

Remember me? YES/NO

If enabled, you will be automatically logged in again when you visit.

This is not recommended for shared computers.

Try getting in the habit of choosing NO when you get this message at the log in page.

It is set on YES by default, choose NO and you will automatically be logged out when you shut the brower window down.

[Ijustwannateach]

I've just now logged out yet another member!

Get with the program, folks!

[Sumitr Man]

IJWT:

Why don't you just name and shame them? That'll soon get them onboard!

[MikeWill]

Actually, this is a rather serious matter.

Not only the default setting of "Remmember me?" should be set to NO, but also, there should be a time limit implemented for each login, say 60 min., after which the member should login again.

Hopefully, the board operator will take into consideration the needed changes, and maybe will find a better solutions.

[Richard W]

I agree, I'm surprised the default isn't 'no'.

If there is to be time out, perhaps it should be after an hour's inactivty, if possible. However, we do not want it to wreck carefully composed postings.

[Pink Mist]

I wonder if any of these members do any "Internet Banking", the results there could be disasterous, people should really be aware of the security issues.

Edited October 2, 2004 by bronco