This is a really useful feature, thank you. I hope https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153454 would also be considered sometime in the near future. It's not directly related, but related to password security.
Tldr, if I use abc123 as my password, I would get my normal admin account. But if I use xyz456 I would get it to the same account, but reduced access to power tools (useful for public computers). Yours truly, Rehman<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman> ________________________________ From: Wikimedia-l <[email protected]> on behalf of Ilana Fried <[email protected]> Sent: 12 May 2020 03:31 To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
