DaSpudLord wrote:

liam48D wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

BUT, if I'm changing my email because I lost the password to the old one, I can't change my Scratch email legitimately any more and that's dumb.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about - it would solve a problem, yes, but it would also create a problem.

If you lost the password to your e-mail account, then that's your fault for not keeping better track of it.

What if somebody who had your old email changed its password and now you can't get in to change your Scratch email to your new email?

Why would you give someone your email account?

jokebookservice1 wrote:

Support.

However, this 2 day thing could be worked on to make it defend your account: When you try and delete your account, every page you visit contains a red notice warning you of the destruction ,an it cannot be removed.

But an email confirmation would be good, or at the very least a warning email. But I would support the original suggestion more.

DaSpudLord wrote:

customhacker wrote:

I would support this exept for one reason. They could switch the email adress to theirs!

That's actually a good point. What if we had a confirmation for switching e-mail, too?

Regardless, I support.

mario91100_TEST wrote:

Title.

I don't visit the site much anymore, but, just out of curiosity, I went onto my now defunct NowhereCollabs account and decided to see what happened when I tried to delete it.

The only thing separating you and your account being deleted are two buttons and a password field.

Really? If someone were to hack into your account, this makes destroying your account forever ridiculously easy. A two day “sign-in-to-keep-your-account” period isn't going to stop most hackers. If they can crack your password once, and do it invisibly (read; no comments, no projects moved to trash, etc.), most will keep doing it until they succeed.

This method is incredibly flimsy and easy to get through, so I suggest adding an e-mail conformation before deleting an account, and having this conformation expire after two days or so, and upon acceptance, delete the account as the user wanted. This will make it harder for hackers to delete accounts maliciously, and make account deletion for those actually wanting to a bit faster.

_Comicfan_ wrote:

Support. Privacy is very important, and this would help prevent hacking.

liam48D wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

liam48D wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

BUT, if I'm changing my email because I lost the password to the old one, I can't change my Scratch email legitimately any more and that's dumb.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about - it would solve a problem, yes, but it would also create a problem.

If you lost the password to your e-mail account, then that's your fault for not keeping better track of it.

What if somebody who had your old email changed its password and now you can't get in to change your Scratch email to your new email?

Why would you give someone your email account?

Who said I gave them it? Maybe I accidentally left the account logged in at school! (not that I go to school, but you get the demo; also I guess that's still technically giving the account to them but y'know what I mean)

At that point I guess you should use contact us but I don't see why you should have to be forced to go through all the hassle. Plus suppose you – unknowing of the change – tried to change your password, then the email would be sent to your old email account, at which point any malicious new owner of your email account would be reminded that they can mess with your Scratch things.

EDIT: fixed grammar a little

BookOwl wrote:

liam48D wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

liam48D wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

BUT, if I'm changing my email because I lost the password to the old one, I can't change my Scratch email legitimately any more and that's dumb.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about - it would solve a problem, yes, but it would also create a problem.

If you lost the password to your e-mail account, then that's your fault for not keeping better track of it.

What if somebody who had your old email changed its password and now you can't get in to change your Scratch email to your new email?

Why would you give someone your email account?

Who said I gave them it? Maybe I accidentally left the account logged in at school! (not that I go to school, but you get the demo; also I guess that's still technically giving the account to them but y'know what I mean)

At that point I guess you should use contact us but I don't see why you should have to be forced to go through all the hassle. Plus suppose you – unknowing of the change – tried to change your password, then the email would be sent to your old email account, at which point any malicious new owner of your email account would be reminded that they can mess with your Scratch things.

EDIT: fixed grammar a little

At this point the poor kid has bigger problems than their scratch account being deleted.
Support for email confirmation for account deletion and email switching.

DaSpudLord wrote:

customhacker wrote:

I would support this exept for one reason. They could switch the email adress to theirs!

That's actually a good point. What if we had a confirmation for switching e-mail, too?

Regardless, I support.

Abstract- wrote:

BookOwl wrote:

liam48D wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

liam48D wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

BUT, if I'm changing my email because I lost the password to the old one, I can't change my Scratch email legitimately any more and that's dumb.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about - it would solve a problem, yes, but it would also create a problem.

If you lost the password to your e-mail account, then that's your fault for not keeping better track of it.

What if somebody who had your old email changed its password and now you can't get in to change your Scratch email to your new email?

Why would you give someone your email account?

Who said I gave them it? Maybe I accidentally left the account logged in at school! (not that I go to school, but you get the demo; also I guess that's still technically giving the account to them but y'know what I mean)

At that point I guess you should use contact us but I don't see why you should have to be forced to go through all the hassle. Plus suppose you – unknowing of the change – tried to change your password, then the email would be sent to your old email account, at which point any malicious new owner of your email account would be reminded that they can mess with your Scratch things.

EDIT: fixed grammar a little

At this point the poor kid has bigger problems than their scratch account being deleted.
Support for email confirmation for account deletion and email switching.

Who said it was a kid? Maybe it was a 80-year-old-man who didn't know how to log out.