[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by CAG CheechDogg

Like I said, you could of just said, "hey if you guys use this app, please be aware of this bug with the registration process" then explained what is going on, posted a link to that thread and thats it.

Well, if it had only been 6 weeks since they've been made aware of it, I would agree, but it's been over 6 months and they've done nothing to address the issue, except to recommend site owners buy their paid monthly subscription version, which of course has this simple OFF switch built in. Doesn't that sound strange?

During the intervening 6 months, they've release no less than 4 updated versions, after having been made aware of the seriousness of this problem to vBulletin sites. I don't know what else to call that behaviour, other than "revenue blackmail". Other vBulletin admins posting were perhaps more polite and said that Tapatalk should be ashamed of themselves for not dealing with this simple exploit. Perhaps I was more outspoken, but if it walks like a duck, well... you know the rest of the phrase ..

To be honest, I'm less concerned by spammers exploiting their wide open "back door" registration process, as I am about a hacker getting registered easily this way.

They've once again promised a fix in the next release, which we've all heard several times before... for months and months and months ... :erm:

So, let's wait and see. If they fix it, I'll be the first here to say to members, now it's safe to install and it will follow your secure vBulletin registration rules and process.

I do recognize and appreciate you're happy (and secure) letting your members use their direct un-moderated registration process for your forums, but there are a lot of other vBulletin sites who are not, so, let each one decide themselves after reading the facts presented ...

At least now, they've heard both sides of the story ...

Regards,
Doug