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.

[chiptz]

5 *

[EricR]

Just upgraded, note that the product still says version 1.0.1 instead of 1.0.2. Otherwise so far so good, thanks for adding the "ignore" options!

[EricR]

The auto-generated threads are no longer created by the triggered user? I liked it better when they were Is there a way to change it back to the previous method? I want the threads to be generated by the person who triggered the event.

[VBUsers]

Originally Posted by EricR

The auto-generated threads are no longer created by the triggered user? I liked it better when they were Is there a way to change it back to the previous method? I want the threads to be generated by the person who triggered the event.

why would you want that? lets say you have the threads created in your admin section if you respond to that thread wouldnt that member get an email with what you just posted on the situation? i know thats what happened to us.

its better the way it is now. in my opinion.

[bashy]

Hi..this no longer tells me who they have also logged in as

This is what it used to say

aivas seems to have multiple personalities using digicom and aivas sharing the same computer. No soup for you! and you! and you!
Thanks

This is what it says now

Default digicom tripped AE detector
multiplelogin_alert

Any ideas please, this only happened since the upgrade

[PHPGeek2k3]

Originally Posted by bashy

Hi..this no longer tells me who they have also logged in as

This is what it used to say


This is what it says now


Any ideas please, this only happened since the upgrade

Have you tried downloading a fresh XML and re-importing it.

The current XML file available for download has this fix.

Thanks
- James

[EricR]

Originally Posted by lowandloudinc

why would you want that? lets say you have the threads created in your admin section if you respond to that thread wouldnt that member get an email with what you just posted on the situation? i know thats what happened to us.

its better the way it is now. in my opinion.

Hmmm, good point. This would only occur though if they had auto thread subscription though, yes? I see what you're saying though, I think you're right. Disregard

[Megareus Rex]

Question: Is there a way to store copies of the sent PMs on the sender account?

I use a bot-esque account to send the PMs to me, and I'd like to have it store copies of all sent PMs, since I tend to delete my PMs too quickly sometimes. Having a log of all sent PMs stored on it would be nice.

[Zelda-King]

Well there just so happens to be a PM forwarder product;

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=108156

[m_k]

works great :-)

<clicks install>

update: <ding>,<ding>,<ding>,<ding>,<ding>.... it's working like a charm and folks I didn't even suspect are popping left and right

the auto-post to forum is much better than the PM function imo, this way all the admins can just check on a admin sub-forum for reports every now and then