@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hackedwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1315
arrow-up1315external-link4chan’s ‘cesspool of the internet’ is down after apparently being hackedwww.theverge.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-square@wise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•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-squareUranium 🟩linkfedilinkEnglish8•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
minus-square@theunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•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
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.
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
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