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Password recovery through mobile?
Stefan C. Offline
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2013-10-12, 06:34 AM
(2013-10-05, 06:25 PM)Doxer Wrote: Given it good thought. What if MyBB users could recover their accounts through mobile as an addition to recovery through email? These phone numbers could also be hidden from administrators in the ACP and possibly encrypted in the DB just like passwords are.

Give me your opinions below! Cool

The passwords are not encrypted. They are hashed. Even if you were to 'hide' the passwords in the AdminCP, it would only be a matter of getting into the database and finding the encryption key and algorithm..
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Password recovery through mobile? - by Doxer - 2013-10-05, 06:25 PM
RE: Password recovery through mobile? - by Arbaz - 2013-10-07, 03:06 AM
RE: Password recovery through mobile? - by Krytic - 2013-10-08, 12:49 AM
RE: Password recovery through mobile? - by Arbaz - 2013-10-08, 03:51 AM
RE: Password recovery through mobile? - by Doxer - 2013-10-12, 12:41 AM
RE: Password recovery through mobile? - by Stefan C. - 2013-10-12, 06:34 AM

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