Premium Members brett.mayfield Posted December 27, 2020 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 ADMINS- Please get rid of this. there is just absolutely no reason why I should have to use a 3rd party app to get into a website. unless this is some setting that ive got on my omputer that ive never encountered before, i think that this is a result of the website. i just absolutely cannot stand stuff like this and there is no reason that on a discussion forum, not a place where any real important or secure information is secured, that there sould be some kind of authentication beyond username and password. sorry, this is extremely frustrating and annoying. hopefully im being an idiot and this is something having to do with my computer or internet browser settings... brett. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted December 27, 2020 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 While I agree it's probably overkill, if that's what the site admin wants, I'm guessing it's here to stay. Google Chrome has an extension to give you Google Authenticator in a browser window, so you don't need to use the app on a phone/device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members brett.mayfield Posted December 27, 2020 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 i hear ya, but we’ve managed to handle this site for twenty years without it. not that i need to hear the whole backstory, it i’m curious if there was some egregious hacking to prompt this. anyways...more apps 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Lawrence Karman Posted December 28, 2020 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 doesn't show up on my computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Stone Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) Part of what I do is SysAdmin work and have run servers for years (decades). Generally Google Authenticator is used to lock down the admin portion of forum or WebApp software from prying eyes. Generally, it is not used by the general user public accessing forum software. If they were accessing the backend to do forum admin work, then that is a different story. Google Authenticator is good for what it is intended for, sysadmin work on webapps like forum or blogging software. For general Userland kind of stuff, like it has been said, is overkill. My 2 cents worth. Hope everyone is doing well and has meaningful work that is relatively safe. EDIT: Saw Lawrence's post. Could be the settings of Google Authenticator have been adjusted to only the Admin and backend of this forum software. Edited December 28, 2020 by Andrew Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members brett.mayfield Posted December 28, 2020 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 maybe i’m an admin...unlikely i’d be selected as the salty fellow i am, but maybe this is my peak in the steadicam community... not sure why i am getting hit with it on both mac and iphone. anyways. just had to put it out there 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Damien Tessandier Posted February 26, 2021 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 26, 2021 Yep, it's quite annoying, and for internet rookies like me, quite "scary". But seems like you have to go that way to connect here. Never seen this elsewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher David Smith Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 I keep getting kicked out of the forum for 24hrs because I can't link the google authenticator app to the email I have in the steadicamforum system. I have now been trying this for 2 weeks, sure would love to sell some gear. I agree with Brett, this is extremely annoying, mostly because I have no other way to login or get in touch with anyone who can help me. Can an admin please contact me via email or by phone? Not sure what to do at this point as I've tried every option google and google authenticator have given me. chrissmithvideo@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members BJMcDonnell SOC Posted April 22, 2021 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I agree that the google authenticator is really a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Neill Bachand Posted May 8, 2021 Premium Members Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 Annoying. Never had an issue until I had to reset my password. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members brett.mayfield Posted January 14, 2022 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 please get rid of the authenticator its literally more work to get into steadicam forum than into my bank account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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