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[Rene Kriest]

Originally Posted by Videx

How the heck would knowing someone's password enable you to detect multiple logins anyway? You mean for the people that are stupid enough to use the same password?

The mod you want is Multiple account login detector (AE Detector) .

Dude, it is simple as it is: spamers need to take care of their PWs and believe that they are hidden to moderators and maybe admins. Cookies can be deleted anyway, IP changed as well - but change 10+ PWs?

I worked for a very large forum and the moment we accidentally had access to the plain PWs we had the ability to boot a large stack of forum spamers and idiots.

AE detector is useful but only if - if someone keeps his cookies and that is depending more on a wish than really a reliable forensic method.

And last but not least: you always have to take more than one aspect into consideration. Cookie detection is one thing, identical PW another. The more pieces you get together the better. I wouldn't rely solemly on AE detector and on PW alone - but together they rock.