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Instead of cookies for verification, why not machine's MAC address?
boatswas
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At least once a month, I do a "cleaning" of my machines (well, not the PS4). This includes scrubbing cookies.
The Arc site uses cookies for verification - and cookies can be copied and duped just as well as any other software. Instead of making users have to wait for a security code / acknowledgement to sign in - why not have the devs put in a one-line query on the machine/physical level instead of a cookie, then use an if/then verification? If it's not an authorized machine, then you require the email hassle.
An average programmer would know how to do that - and, I'm guessing that yours are above average. Right?
*Some folks even use more than one browser on their machine(s) - if they do a clean-up regularly, they have to go through the same nonsense each time, unless they disable the "Arc Defender". I didn't *want* to disable it, but I get tired of waiting some 10 to 15 minutes after the first time I request a new PIN.
The Arc site uses cookies for verification - and cookies can be copied and duped just as well as any other software. Instead of making users have to wait for a security code / acknowledgement to sign in - why not have the devs put in a one-line query on the machine/physical level instead of a cookie, then use an if/then verification? If it's not an authorized machine, then you require the email hassle.
An average programmer would know how to do that - and, I'm guessing that yours are above average. Right?
*Some folks even use more than one browser on their machine(s) - if they do a clean-up regularly, they have to go through the same nonsense each time, unless they disable the "Arc Defender". I didn't *want* to disable it, but I get tired of waiting some 10 to 15 minutes after the first time I request a new PIN.
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Not a good reason. Why not give users the choice?