Logging Into Forums

I have the same problem (macOS Catalina with Safari).

Hi Nick Simmons,

Thank you for the report. There isn't supposed to be anything that signs you out of the forums faster than it would sign you out of MyETC. We have noticed some instances of the login data getting out of sync between MyETC and the forums and we're working on tracking down the cause of that. You have found the correct workaround to bring them back into sync by logging completely out of MyETC (www.etcconnect.com/logout.aspx) and then signing back in.

Adding to starksk this appears to have been system wide, and all users are having to do this.

i think it happened last (?) week when the forum software was updated?

As we work to track this down, if you are seeing it, can you please post the time/date you're seeing it (after logging back in obviously) and your browser version in this thread?

FYI, I got an alert from Google Chrome when i signed back in that a data breach on the website had happened and that I should change my password...I'm assuming that ETC would have let us know had something like that happened, so I assume that alert was in error?

Hi JoeGates,

We are not aware of any data breaches on our end. Our Ops teams keep close watch on this and are continually looking for threats and breaches.

The pop-up you received from Google Chrome is not site specific, but actually refers to the account username and password combination you used to sign in. (Here's a link to their explanation of the feature: https://security.googleblog.com/2019/12/better-password-protections-in-chrome.html)

This likely means that the username and password combination you've used to log into MyETC is flagged in their system as being exposed online somewhere by someone. This most likely means that you've used that combination of username (email) and password before somewhere else on the internet. If you've never used that combination of username and password ever on the internet before other than our site, please PM me.

If you are looking for the technical explanation of how Google accomplishes comparing username and passwords without actually knowing either, they call their technique: private set intersection with blinding.

For a more user friendly explanation, see: This Image from the blog post linked above.

Thanks! I assumed most of that myself...You guys rock!

just happened to me. 

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