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change profile view from number to username?
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Jan 14, 2015 - 5:04 pm

this is what im talking about?

 

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Yellow Swordfish
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Jan 14, 2015 - 5:18 pm

Can I ask why? It has been both in the past and was changed back - because of multiple user requests - to number (for very good reasons which I hope someone here will remember!)

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Jan 14, 2015 - 6:30 pm

i just dont like people knowing in what order people sign up to my site,plus there are easier sql injections with user numbers rather than names.

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Mr Papa
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Jan 14, 2015 - 9:56 pm

neither is security, except by obfuscation...

not sure how displaying a user id is any less secure than a login id...  no better, no worse injection risk - you still need a true security hole to get in...

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Jan 14, 2015 - 11:38 pm

Also if i choose to hide admins/moderators from members list(silent ones) all someone has to do is just go through the numbers,i just prefer usernames instead 

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Mr Papa
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Jan 15, 2015 - 1:49 am

understand, but dont see it changing in near future...  more folks have clearly requested it not be login names since that can also lead to brute force login hacks..

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