Author:  cosmicray  Posted:  Dec 10, 2023 07:30  Subject:  Emergency Brake  Viewed:  177 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Open  Vote: [Yes|No] Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card cosmicray (3492) Location:  USA, Florida Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Oct 1, 2000 Seller   Store: Cosmic Toys

This is a suggestion to give sellers a mechanism to do a hard shutdown of their store, at any time day or night, week or weekend, if they have lost control for unexpected reasons. The emergency break would be a one time, BL generated sequence, that is very long and random (similar to a MD5 hash). Once generated and verified, the seller would store it offline in case ever needed if an emergency should arise. Usage of the emergency brake feature would not require the seller to have password access, because the password access could have been compromised. The length of the emergency token would allow BL to relate to a specific store without any chance of ambiguity. Once the emergency brake has been pulled, the seller's store is locked, password is no longer active, and seller must converse / authenticate with the help desk to begin the process of resetting the password and remediating the cause. It is a mechanism to prevent further damage (to the store, to unsuspecting buyers, and to BL's reputation). Nita Rae

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Re: Emergency Brake - Gaston.La.Brick (1841)

I see the potential (so I voted yes). However, I think there are better, more standardized improvements on the security topic to prevent having accounts hacked. Example: [...] (5 months ago, Dec 10, 2023, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 « - cosmicray (3492) 5 months ago Dec 10, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 5 months ago Dec 10, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - jonwil (82) 5 months ago Dec 11, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - yorbrick (1185) 5 months ago Dec 11, 2023 to Suggestions