learninmypc
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On my desktop & Acer laptop I cannot get in at all now, just a black screen red X in middle & community (32x32) in the tab
Firefox logging issue
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learninmypc
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I just clicked refresh & can see the forum but still can't login
Thatsdisgusting
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In my case, it happens ONLY in particular browser, I.e. Firefox. Same machine, at the same time Chrome works fine.
Hi, new user here. I post this to bring something to the attention of the staff: today, I was searching on Google for reviews for RX 7700 XT and 7800 XT. When I visited techspot to read your review, I noticed, to my utmost stupefaction, that I was logged into someone else's account, a user called jwdR311. After some minutes of bewilderment and checking to make sure it was not some old account of mine I had forgotten about, I logged out. Can some staff tell me what happened? How on Earth did someone's else account, one I had never even heard of until an hour ago, ended up being logged into from my browser? I know computers can be hacked and such, but if a hacker were to get control of another computer, they would steal passwords and info, not use the said computer to log into their Techspot account.
BTW, I checked the password list (the browser would have saved the password) and the browser history and there was no recent history of even visiting the Techspot website. So how was it possible that I somehow found myself logged into an unknown account, from a website that I have last visited more than a month ago?
BTW, I checked the password list (the browser would have saved the password) and the browser history and there was no recent history of even visiting the Techspot website. So how was it possible that I somehow found myself logged into an unknown account, from a website that I have last visited more than a month ago?
Clearly there's a bug we have yet to resolve and to be able to replicate in the first place, so we can troubleshoot it better.
For now what I wanted to explain is that there's no leak of user data and you are not getting "logged in" someone else's account.
The problem stems from our caching mechanism. Instead of caching "guest" visitor pages, our cache is sometimes saving logged in user headers (e.g. the username showing up at the top of the page), which is related to the various problems you have seen with logging in or being unable to log in.
I'll keep you posted if we are able to resolve this bug soon.
We made some changes, please let us know if it worked for you, or if you are still having issues.
Thatsdisgusting
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learninmypc
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I had no issues/problems getting in this morning, hoping its fixed, thank you
