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Hi!!

Is there any way to change the uploader password?? Obviously it's been compromised often and I am worried about it leading to a security breach on my comp. My protection programs keep flagging it like I'm sure it does many of you.

Or perhaps you can tell me why its not a security issue???

Thanks a lot!!

Happy Sunday!

I see that as a Book Coordinator, you have an account on our back-end system. That account is the one that you in particular can use for the uploader and other functions, and ought to have a strong and unique password. Instructions for resetting your uploader password are here:
https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=BC's:_How_to_update_the_Magic_Window#Changing_your_Workflow_Password_after_your_first_login_–_Editing_"My_Profile"

For the generic password that we show as an image on group project pages: that account is limited to only uploading, and only a few types of files, and we want to keep that as simple and easy as possible for volunteers. It only has a password to keep the bots away, and that's worked for 10+ years. No reason to borrow trouble now. Removing it from your saved passwords should get your protection programs to relax again.

Thanks so much for your clear and prompt reply.

My main password is very strong and I'll make your suggested changes to the Uploader one.

Have a wonderful day.

Thank you, and you too!

I'm going to bump this thread over to the Help forum, as that seems like the right place for this now.