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   TechGuy
   

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   We are having a lot of spam and hacking on the site at the moment. I am removing IP addresses as fast as I can but there are a torrent of the at the moment.

   I'll keep trying to keep the site up until they get bored and go away !

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   Russian Bot
   

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   Thanks, TechGuy.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   throngsman
   

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   It's B-J's fault for starting 'that' thread about the petition - the hackers are government agents trying to bring the petition down, but are targeting NB instead. apparently they were recruited by the Brexit negotiating team.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   Wrenfoe
   

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   Deep state, trying to silence our truth bombs :D

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   beau-jolly
   

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   True. I'll let it sink now as the petition appears to be slowing to only a few thousand a minute.
   Sorry!

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   Dick Everyman
   

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   Just an observation...why isn't the site https?

   I get a red warning triangle and Not secure message when I log in.

   I get the same feeling of insecurity when I wear boxers instead of those comfortable stretch trunks...

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   farmer giles
   

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   You are doing a sterling job TechGuy, but I echo Dick Everyman's comment - why isn't the site https?

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   Sinnick
   

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   Yes, fine job

   I haven't looked it up, but I suspect https would make no difference as no-one is intercepting logons, just accessing the website as it's intended. What any user does after that is the problem

   I don't recall if there's a Captcha when establishing a userid, but that would get rid of the bots

   Posted 1 year ago #

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   TechGuy
   

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   We're not https because we never were and to switch would cost a bit of dosh and time we don't have. We will at some point but in the meantime I think that it should be recognised that the best satire is written wearing boxers. Don't use a password on this site that you care about !!

   And, for Sinnick, yes, we have a captcha but the problem yesterday isn't with registered users it is with just accessing the site as a punter. As an aside, the Indian removals posts we used to get were posted by genuine users who went through the captcha process many many many times !!

   Today seems to have been better regarding the spamming so some changes I made yesterday have worked to a degree but we still have some spammers around.

   We had planned to stop the site tomorrow but we had a vote and decided to keep it open.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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    Dick Everyman
    

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    We had planned to stop the site tomorrow but we had a vote and decided to keep it open.

    Ayes to the right then...

    ;0)

    Posted 1 year ago #

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    Crayon
    

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    Lot of Spam/Hacking on the site

    Yes, so many crap submissions - but at least Titus's spam/hacking has reduced lately.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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    Al OPecia
    

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    You need help from Tegan.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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    beau-jolly
    

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    True. I'll let it sink now as the petition appears to be slowing to only a few thousand a minute.
    Sorry!

    
    I lied.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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    Iroquois Pliskin
    

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    All of my posts for at least 12 months have been intercepted. Especially the funny ones.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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