Multiple account login detector (AE Detector)

If you are like me and migrated from .threads, a common modification was an "AE detector", a simple mod that saved a cookie of a history of ids logged into on your site. If someone logged into more than one account, you got a PM letting you know that your site was being accessed from multiple accounts.

Over the years this was very helpful in identifying users who were posting under multiple accounts (alter-egos!) and users who would return after being banned.

You might be wondering why I don't use the vbcookie call - well, thats because on logout all vB cookies are cleared, so we need to store a cookie that is not effected by the login/logout process.

New Installation
1. Add New Product with attached XML
2. Go to vBulletin Options -> AE Multiple Login Detection Settings and set your specific settings.

Time to install: Easy - 2 minutes.

Upgrade
If you installed this as a Plug-in manually, you can delete that plugin and install this Product, just make sure to go into the Options and set them accordingly.

I hope you find this useful and will click INSTALL if you use it; should it prove useful to enough people I can look at making this installation more automated without the need for edits and an Admin Options page.

To upgrade you will want to reimport this XML file and edit your options accordingly.

1.0.3
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. Added a check to ensure that users weren't deleted when reporting violations
. added htmlspecialchars_uni call to username

Note: I am unable to get the call to construct_phrase with $vbphrase['multiplelogin_alert'] to work reliably, as such the $message variable is still set manually inside the plug-in and not via the phrase. If anyone has an idea of why this might not always work, I'm all ears.

1.0.2
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. Updated to include exclusion groups, users
. Changed so PM is sent by ae sender id

1.0.1
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. Released as a Product (thank you PHPGeek2k3 for your help)
. Added option to post to a forum versus send a PM (or both)
. All settings moved into Admin Option

1.0.0
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Initial release.

[Frank Butcher]

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[MPDev]

Originally Posted by HC.

will this have any effect with PhotoPost software that uses cookies for login and intergation with VB

None at all.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by alfaowner

Can you help as I cant see this in any of my code or templates:

<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: ae_multiplelogins_thread -->
spanner seems to have multiple personalities on AO. However alfaowner and Another_test and spanner maybe sharing the same computer but this is unlikely.
<!-- END TEMPLATE: ae_multiplelogins_thread -->

I get this begin and end template lines in the forum auto post and not in a pm... any ideas anyone?

The text as created in the plug-in; check your Plug-in manager.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Would love to install this hack but will wait until you add this feature as I am the admin and Supermod and would like to exclude myself.. Let me know if you create this feature..

Thanks, but it's unlikely I'd remember to "contact you" personally; so just check back when you think of it.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by dippin' low

How can I edit the words "no soup for you" and the title of the thread that this creates?

Check the plug-in code in your plug-in manager.

[PHPGeek2k3]

Ok i have updated with some features which have not been fully tested. I have set it up to where the sender id & username options carried over to the thread poster, i have setup ignore specified users.

Sending changes to MPDev to update the thread.

Thanks
- James

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by PHPGeek2k3

Ok i have updated with some features which have not been fully tested. I have set it up to where the sender id & username options carried over to the thread poster, i have setup ignore specified users.

Sending changes to MPDev to update the thread.

Thanks
- James

Does that mean that I can exclude certain username or groups from having muliple accounts? I am an admin and a supermod on my site and use both account and would like to exclude myself from this hack at least

[PHPGeek2k3]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Does that mean that I can exclude certain username or groups from having muliple accounts? I am an admin and a supermod on my site and use both account and would like to exclude myself from this hack at least

If i understand this question correct.

You will be able to exclude UserID's from causing an alert notification being sent / posted. Have not implemented usergroups yet something that i can possibly knock out with in a few minutes and possibly be added in this new update before MPDev gets to it.


[EDIT] I have updated the changes to also add in the ability to exclude usergroups.

User ID's & UserGroup ID's are all settings Under AE Multiple Login Detection in vBulleitn Options.[/EDIT]

Thanks
- James

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by PHPGeek2k3

If i understand this question correct.

You will be able to exclude UserID's from causing an alert notification being sent / posted. Have not implemented usergroups yet something that i can possibly knock out with in a few minutes and possibly be added in this new update before MPDev gets to it.


[EDIT] I have updated the changes to also add in the ability to exclude usergroups.

User ID's & UserGroup ID's are all settings Under AE Multiple Login Detection in vBulleitn Options.[/EDIT]

Thanks
- James

Does this mean that you have sent the code changes to MPDev and we have to wait for him to update the plugin to reflect these changes????

[PHPGeek2k3]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Does this mean that you have sent the code changes to MPDev and we have to wait for him to update the plugin to reflect these changes????

Yes i have gave the code to MPDev and from what i understand is he is wanting to check something out before he releases it.

Thanks
- James