A nice additional layer to the system, thankyou. Perhaps it may be possible for those users with TFA activated to also make it a requirement for a password reset requests.
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 06:01, Ilana Fried <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > The Community Tech team[1] has released a new feature: Enhanced Password > Reset[2]. We developed this feature in response to the #3 wish[3] from the > 2019 > Community Wishlist Survey[4]. With this feature, you can prevent password > reset emails from being sent unless both your username and email address > are provided on Special:PasswordReset. This is an optional feature, > available in the “Email options” section of Preferences. If you enable the > feature, you can reduce harassment through unsolicited password reset > emails. For more information, you can visit the Help:Password Reset page[5] > and the project page[6]. > > > Thank you, > > > Ilana Fried > > Product Manager, Community Tech > > > [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech > [2]. > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password#I%E2%80%99m_getting_password_reset_emails_that_I_didn%E2%80%99t_request._How_do_I_prevent_this_from_happening > ? > [3]. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Anti-harassment/Add_an_option_to_require_email_address_and_username_to_reset_password > [4]. > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Results > [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password > [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Password_Reset_Update > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- GN. *Power of Diverse Collaboration* *Sharing knowledge brings people together* Wikimania Bangkok 2021 August hosted by ESEAP Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page My print shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Gnangarra/shop?asc=u _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
