FknNemesis
Really Experienced
- Joined
- Jul 31, 2016
- Posts
- 158
... I was wondering how long it would take an enterprising hacker to get through whatever system they're putting in place to make membership "invitation only".
Three hours to three weeks depending on who coded it usually. Pretty much anything online can be hacked. Just ask Lastpass, Sony, and other brands supposed to be considered safe.
Looks like new members can join with a text message verification.
There's been concern over how the site recognizes numbers for different countries, but overall this seems to be the process and it doesn't appear to be horribly inconvenient.
Overall not that difficult to integrate, it's an existing and rather popular method. Yet throwaway SIMs and numbers just happen to be one of the main sources of [text] spam in the world so I'm not sure whether they just opted for first 'common solution' and actually thought about that. I would bet the IPs of most spammers would be a hint at not opting for SMS verification because throwaway SIMs may be very popular in their originating locations.
All in all the biggest pity is that FL is a source for learning. In a vile, and often harshly competitive internet with scenes such as /b/ it isn't always easy to come up with a safe alternative quickly to continue catering to those who look for info.
The software used for Lit forums is considered "absolutely" secure, but while it has been done is not necessarily the software one would use to build a whole portal with. Otherwise... if you plan on running a high traffic adult website/community you better have a sound security system and team in place.
Because sooner or later the internet will hit you. Sadly enough.