You said it, Christy. Most muds themselves just want a character name and a password for that character. The only time you have to give them your email address, and only the address, is so you can do a password recovery or reset, like if you forget the password of a character you haven't played in a while. And it could be a bug in the mobile app. If I went to the web I MIGHT be able to set up a client-specific password as I was trying to do in the app. But I think I'm gonna write these guys off as a "hard nope", especially after reading the messages today. On Apr 4, 2023 3:57 PM, Christy S <[email protected]> wrote: > > The only reason anyone, anywhere, would need to know your email password > is to be able to use your email account. Not receive email, but use your > account. > > I can't help but think something has been misunderstood somewhere, but > never enter your email password anywhere that isn't an email client or > something similar that you actually want to have full access to your > email. I'd be shocked if that's actually what iron realms wants, > honestly, but still. I never played any of their games though, so > there's that. I can think of no reason at all any gaming client would > want access to my email account, not just the address so it can email me > something. That'd be a hard nope. > > > On 4/4/2023 2:51 PM, Heather Seaman wrote: > > I'm with Jude on this one. At least as far as malware is concerned. Google > > Play Protect never flagged the mobile app as harmful and like I said, they > > wouldn't accept the emai-password combo I tried to use, apparently because > > I didn't use the one associated with said email but rather a new one I > > planned to use only for a Nexus account. That's what I would do if I were > > signing up for, say, Amazon or Disney Plus; each of them would get their > > own password, and that wouldn't be the same password either. So I'm glad I > > couldn't set up a Nexus account, even if they have no nefarious intentions > > themselves. Their Windows client is certainly triggering every alarm bell > > in my head, although thankfully I had no trouble uinstalling the Android > > version. I hope Mattias doesn't have to reset his machine just because I > > reached out to the list for help; I appologize all over the place because, > > in trying to help me, he likely compromised his info. On Apr 4, 2023 1:35 > > PM, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not at all wild. You get a client that cannot be uninstalled on windows; > >> you've given up your email address and the password that goes with it, the > >> client and network is always on while you're on the internet, the server > >> gets your ip addresses, so it's a simple matter to reach directly into > >> your computer for some malware fun. Malware networks have done much more > >> with far less in the past. > >> > >> > >> -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > >> defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > >> order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > >> > >> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Liam Erven wrote: > >> > >>> These are some pretty wild claims, do you have anything to back up these > >>> claims? > >>>> On Apr 4, 2023, at 11:52 AM, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> That could be used to set up a bot net once all the compromised > >>>> computers > >>>> got malware installed on them. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > >>>> defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > >>>> order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > >>>> > >>>>> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Then I won't be giving them a second chance. Guess I'm glad I didn't > >>>>> have success creating an account. On Apr 4, 2023 8:25 AM, Jude DaShiell > >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> The people behind that mud intend to hack all machines and accounts > >>>>>> that > >>>>>> sign up. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used > >>>>>> in > >>>>>> defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > >>>>>> order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > >>>>>>> Let us know what you find, please. When I opened mx browser just now > >>>>>>> it opened the documentation so I looked up creating an account and it > >>>>>>> said you have to use an email address and "its" password, > >>>>>>> the quotes are mine. I was using my email but with a different > >>>>>>> password that I intended for use only with the Nexus app. Like I > >>>>>>> said, if you want to add third-party muds like Alter Aeon, you have > >>>>>>> to create an account so your game info can be stored on the Nexus > >>>>>>> servers. So why would they need the password associated with my email > >>>>>>> account itself. I wouldn't give that out to a shinpping site > >>>>>>> or whatever, I'd create a site-specific password as I tried to do > >>>>>>> here. So please do test this, on mobile if possible, and let us know > >>>>>>> what you find. thanks, Mattias! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Apr 4, 2023 3:02 AM, mattias <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks i have to test it > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Sent from Mail for Windows > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> From: Heather Seaman > >>>>>>> Sent: den 4 april 2023 08:50 > >>>>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>>>> Subject: [blind-gamers] Forget Nexus Mud App > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> A few weeks agoI wrote that I had found a new mud client for Android > >>>>>>> called Nexus from Iron Realms Entertainment. Well in order to add > >>>>>>> third-party games to the app you have to create a Nexus > >>>>>>> account first consisting of an email address and a password. The > >>>>>>> first time I tried, they were having server issues, I think, since I > >>>>>>> couldn't even access the online client documentation. > >>>>>>> When I tried again just now I kept being told that my email address > >>>>>>> was not a valid email, even though I'm 100 percent sure I typed the > >>>>>>> address perfectly. So I just now uninstalled the app. > >>>>>>> And I have to say don't go there. So we're back to square 1 as far as > >>>>>>> playing muds on Android is concerned. ininsighinin > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
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