Sazux
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| 24 Oct 2013 10:51 AM |
Hi, I'm formerly WarMonk3y. I came across a slightly large problem which could result in both identity and publicity theft on ROBLOX (forum post wise).
As I was changing my Username, my friend pointed out that some one COULD steal my previous username, WarMonk3y, which could have caused a load of identify theft and could have ruined my reputation, so I decided to create an alt with the username WarMonk3y.
Basically what I have found is an error which allows the threads I had posted with my previous username was to go to his account as well as my thread post count. Check this user, it was created yesterday: http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=50319419
The gigantic problem with this is obviously identity theft, a brand new user could create a username, not knowing it had already been used and receive automatically 50,000 thread posts, resulting in that user getting a load of fame from the day they had joined ROBLOX.
Another thing I had noticed was that all the threads I had posted before had changed to his username, for example: http://roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=113831858
Thank you, Sazux. |
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Sazux
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| 24 Oct 2013 10:55 AM |
This really needs fixing, due to the popularity of Username Change. Bump |
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| 24 Oct 2013 10:56 AM |
| http://blog.roblox.com/2013/10/tired-of-your-username-change-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tired-of-your-username-change-it |
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Sazux
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| 24 Oct 2013 10:59 AM |
| @Block, that doesn't say anything about new users having the ability to steal your forum post counts. |
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| 24 Oct 2013 11:03 AM |
| http://blog.roblox.com/2013/10/tired-of-your-username-change-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tired-of-your-username-change-it |
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Sazux
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| 24 Oct 2013 11:05 AM |
'There are a couple minor caveats that we should mention. All forum posts (and forum post counts) will remain, but they will continue to appear under your previous username. New forum posts will show up with your new username. The forum post count will carry over to your new name, but your actual past posts will appear under your previous name. What’s more, people will soon (within a few days) be able to search for and find you by searching for your old username. That’s because your old username will remain locked, in case you ever want to revert back–though reverting to a previous username will still cost you 1,000 ROBUX. On your Profile page, people will see your new username and all of your prior usernames.'
I see nothing about this error there. Your argument is invalid. |
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Sazux
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| 24 Oct 2013 01:32 PM |
| http://blog.roblox.com/2013/10/tired-of-your-username-change-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tired-of-your-username-change-it |
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bauabaalt
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| 24 Oct 2013 01:39 PM |
@BLOCK STOP SPAMMING THE THREAD WITH THAT LINK..
//: [ʜʀ] ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏғғɪᴄɪᴀʟ 6,337,880,131sᴛ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ \\: |
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| 24 Oct 2013 02:06 PM |
| All the information he needs to see is on that page, if he can't be bothered to read it then he could at least test out the allegations he has made against ROBLOX's programming. |
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Sazux
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| 24 Oct 2013 04:08 PM |
| @Block, you clearly do not understand what I'm writing about. |
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Klink46
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| 24 Oct 2013 04:25 PM |
People could easily be an imposter because of this. Should be fixed.
~Lel are you supposed to be an monklie?~ |
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Sazux
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| 25 Oct 2013 02:33 AM |
http://blog.roblox.com/2013/10/tired-of-your-username-change-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tired-of-your-username-change-it So many idiots... |
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bauabaalt
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| 25 Oct 2013 02:40 AM |
@block JUST STOP POSTING THAT USELESS LINK WHY DO I WANT TO READ A BLOG THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS TOPIC..
//: [ʜʀ] ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏғғɪᴄɪᴀʟ 6,337,880,131sᴛ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ \\: |
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| 25 Oct 2013 02:41 AM |
Blockzie is almost right. MOST of the information you need can be found on the blog-post. It states that "But because you may want to revert back, you will always be tied, at least loosely, to your original ROBLOX name."
That means no one can change name to your original name, but it doesn't seem to affect registering a new account on that name. If you had not registered an account on that name after changing name, the forum posts prior to name-change would still link to your account.
Are you now able to revert back to your old name? If not, identity theft here is indeed a problem, as far as I see it. |
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fed20004
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| 25 Oct 2013 03:15 AM |
| I met u before(If u WarMonk3y) |
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| 25 Oct 2013 03:54 AM |
| Your old username will be locked and will be tied to your current username, nobody can steal it, I tried. Also, read the blog. |
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BTRB
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| 25 Oct 2013 04:03 AM |
It does say about the forums in the blog
~BT Landlines~ |
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Sazux
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| 25 Oct 2013 04:42 AM |
| You don't understand what I mean, ROBLOX hasn't blocked the ability to create a new account with the same name. They blocked changing name to a users original name, just not creating account name. |
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Sazux
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| 25 Oct 2013 04:44 AM |
| Erg, I'm guessing they fixed it now... :| |
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| 25 Oct 2013 05:44 AM |
http://blog.roblox.com/2013/10/tired-of-your-username-change-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tired-of-your-username-change-it
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| 25 Oct 2013 06:18 AM |
| Don't change your name if you don't want this to happen. Also, what do you want RoBLOX to do, make duplicated of everyone's account which would DOUBLE the database in size. Lol. |
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