return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hackedwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hackedwww.theverge.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI haven’t used 4chan since like 2008, so no idea how its changed. I do remember a username/password mechanic but can’t remember how it worked.
minus-squaretheunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt just added a hash of the password to your posts so that others could verify which user made the post. These hashes were easily cracked though. The username could be anything you want. There was no account creation
minus-squareUranium 🟩@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoTrip codes are I think what you’re taking about, not all boards had them enabled but they were a way of authenticating a user on the boards that did
I haven’t used 4chan since like 2008, so no idea how its changed.
I do remember a username/password mechanic but can’t remember how it worked.
It just added a hash of the password to your posts so that others could verify which user made the post. These hashes were easily cracked though. The username could be anything you want. There was no account creation
Trip codes are I think what you’re taking about, not all boards had them enabled but they were a way of authenticating a user on the boards that did