Maybe there is a 30-day limit that they can recover it even when it has been changed by the one taking over the account. That's the only thing I can think off, it would be nice to have a clear answer on this though...
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That's correct. You have 30 days to get account back, as long as you have a previous master key. But I'm just confused on how Steemit was able to block the account.
The same way they gave back the account? I mean once they give the account back to the original owner it seems only logical it gets locked till it's actually in the hands of the original owner. As I understand this 30-day policy of getting back your account means Steemit inc. gets hold of your account and gives it back to you (verifcating by the master key that you are actually the owner).
That might make sense that it was in transition of being handed back to the original owner. Would be good to get clarification from steemit or someone privy to it.
Is there a reason that steemit wouldn't have a copy of our keys? They may have certain admin functions available they can do at any time without a complaining user verifying their master key. But for security reasons, they expect a complaining person to provide it as proof of ownership. They may have made an exception to needing proof because of the negative PR, and the obviousness of the phish.
As far as the account being blocked. Perhaps no one, except steemit, knows their new keys. So it may not be blocked, but near impossible to log in. Another thing is that certain activities may [also] be blocked from the steemit interface, but not necessarily other interfaces that interact with the blockchain outside of steemit-whatever those are.
That's not correct. Nobody at steemit should have access to our accounts without a copy of the private key. Otherwise it's not decentralized.