Committed identity
User committed identities provide protection against account hijacking
 | This page contains information which may be out of date. In particular, some of the encryption and authentication algorithms mentioned are no longer considered secure. When creating a "committed identity", only use cryptographic algorithms which are considered strong. |
In the wake of last week's report of five administrator accounts being hijacked by having their passwords cracked, Mangojuice (with the help of several others) has proposed a method that editors can use to identify themselves as the original account holder to regain control of a hijacked account. At this writing, about 300 users have confirmed their identities using this method.