Alter Ego Detector 1.7.8

[Xon]

I'm pretty sure they have. One of the errors was when I went to send something to one of the moderators.

The Conversation option needs a bit more bullet proofing, but it is very sensitive to errors.

 

[The Grand Potentate]

The Conversation option needs a bit more bullet proofing, but it is very sensitive to errors.

This data writer error grouping only seems to Pop up every few days. It seems totally arbitrary and random to be honest.

 

[Xon]

Xon updated Alter Ego Detector with a new update entry:

Bugfix - Better error reporting if something goes wrong when an alter ego is detected

Ensure that the login process doesn't error in a user visible way when an alter ego is detected and an intended reporting method is not properly configured.

Server Error Logs should now be more descriptive of what actually broke when failing to use a configured reporting method.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[tobi-the-fraggel]

Might be a stupid question but what's a reasonalbe setting for the 'check IP' option? How many minutes? Does this setting affect forum performance?

 

[Xon]

Might be a stupid question but what's a reasonalbe setting for the 'check IP' option? How many minutes? Does this setting affect forum performance?

No more than 1-5 minutes, or likely off due to the prevalence of NAT. It is only triggered on login, so there is no meaningful performance impact.

 

[Kintaro]

I personally wouldn't use an automatic ban feature, but I can work on adding it if there is demand of it.

It would be great to have auto-ban and auto-discourage.

 

[Southfork1]

@Kintaro

auto-ban? So two people with separate accounts use your forum and you want to ban them both?

 

[Kintaro]

Let me explain:

If a user is banned today and after that another user signup from the same device (and/or ip?) is banned or discouraged or put in moderation.

 

[Ryan Nielson]

I'm having a difficulty setting up permissions for this application. I've set the moderator permissions to not allow Viewing the Alter Ego Report, but the moderators still are able to access reports.

http://snag.gy/Ep3Ld.jpg
http://snag.gy/9clDC.jpg

 

[Ryan Nielson]

I did some more testing and found that if the user is added as a Moderator, then they will be able to see the detections regardless of whether the permission is selected.

http://snag.gy/s2SiZ.jpg

 

[Xon]

I'm having a difficulty setting up permissions for this application. I've set the moderator permissions to not allow Viewing the Alter Ego Report, but the moderators still are able to access reports.

http://snag.gy/Ep3Ld.jpg
http://snag.gy/9clDC.jpg

I just tested this on my live site, and denying the alter-ego view permission definitely stops me being able to see alter-ego reports.

I did some more testing and found that if the user is added as a Moderator, then they will be able to see the detections regardless of whether the permission is selected.

http://snag.gy/s2SiZ.jpg

This screenshot doesn't look like anything this addon ads, there is no explicit 'multiaccount detected' page. Do you have another addon installed which does alter-ego/multiple account detection?

 

[Ryan Nielson]

I just tested this on my live site, and denying the alter-ego view permission definitely stops me being able to see alter-ego reports.

Do the alter-ego reports show up under the reports area or somewhere else then? How do I view the alter-ego reports?

This screenshot doesn't look like anything this addon ads, there is no explicit 'multiaccount detected' page. Do you have another addon installed which does alter-ego/multiple account detection?

I believe that the "Detections" is attributed to a different plugin which I've identified, but now I'm confused about where the alter-ego information is displayed.
http://snag.gy/EglSv.jpg

 

[Xon]

Do the alter-ego reports show up under the reports area or somewhere else then? How do I view the alter-ego reports?

They are just under reports, much like post/profile post/user reports are.

This update shows how they look on the reports page:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/alter-ego-detector.2405/update?update=14332

I believe that the "Detections" is attributed to a different plugin which I've identified, but now I'm confused about where the alter-ego information is displayed.
http://snag.gy/EglSv.jpg

Correct, that is a different addon.

 

[DivokyMuz]

Would it be possible, to have an entry in the posting/report, which way of detection was successfull ? If cookie or ip.

 

[Xon]

@DivokyMuz should be quite straight forward. I'm winding finishing a couple of private addons, and will then be looking at doing improvements to this addon within the next 2-3 weeks.

 

[Xon]

Xon updated Alter Ego Detector with a new update entry:

Bugfix release

• Addon compatibility improvements.
• Setup defaults for the following settings:
  • IP Check (default: off, 5 minutes)
  • Permitted duplicate Reports (default: rejected)
• Ensure the tracking cookie is deployed once registration completes.
• Prevent IP addresses being associated with the created thread or conversation.

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[Xon]

Xon updated Alter Ego Detector with a new update entry:

Improve config validation & respect forum prefix

• Respect default forum prefix where applicable
• Add username validation for recipients
• Add UserId validation where relevant.

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[naia]

Please consider using EverCookies for this addon. I would be willing to donate/pay for it's addition. We have an issue with sockpuppets and abuse at our forums.

 

[Xon]

Xon updated Alter Ego Detector with a new update entry:

Feature updates

This release has the following changes:

• Only supports a single configured user id/username for all reporting methods. Using a guest login for threads is no longer supported
• Uses the language of configured reporting user when creating notifications.
• List detection methods triggered when a notification is generated. (Optional - disabled by default)
• Updates user profiles in reports when the report is bumped.
• Support for reporting on registration....

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[CTXMedia]

Since installing the latest update a couple of days ago I appear to be getting one of these for every new user registration (user info obfuscated):

ErrorException: Fatal Error: Call to undefined method Tac_StopCountrySpam_Model_Spam::getCookieValue() - library/LiamW/AlterEgoDetector/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Register.php:12
Generated By: XXXXXXXX, Today at 19:26
Stack Trace
#0 [internal function]: XenForo_Application::handleFatalError()
#1 {main}
Request State
array(3) {
["url"] => string(42) "http://www.cyclechat.net/register/register"
["_GET"] => array(0) {
}
["_POST"] => array(9) {
["username"] => string(0) ""
["b239a0035813b1267f22f668512049a4"] => string(6) "XXXXXXXX"
["877571c87736e9469f277f4f8d82a0dc"] => string(26) "XXXXXXXX"
["8a4940b34db4d7d0dbf50e21820939e1"] => string(13) "XXXXXXXX"
["captcha_question_answer"] => string(5) "three"
["captcha_question_hash"] => string(40) "abdf36325d1b1a25043c307b4fd5c362d7716fd2"
["agree"] => string(1) "1"
["_xfToken"] => string(8) "********"
["reg_key"] => string(32) "183ffb8409677d2311060583dcde10f3"
}
}

Any idea what's wrong and whether it can be sorted quickly (I've disabled it for now)?

Thanks,
Shaun