Everyday there are a handful of accounts being compromised due to various reasons. Some have even intentionally, albeit unknowingly shared their master passwords on their memo. These cases are common and every day people request for assistance with their account recovery in Help channel of Steemit.Chat, directly or through references and friends.
If you've accidentally lost access to your account/s then there is still some hope. Keep these in mind when you attempt recovery and if you manage to successfully restore access to your account then please secure your private keys.
Whether you are new to Steemit or are an old timer, you need to know how account recovery procedure works. Continue reading to understand this better.
1. Account Recovery
If you created your account via Steemit.com and have your last known master password you can attempt to recover your account. If you have completely lost your master key then unfortunately there is no way to recover.
But in most commonly known cases, if your account password was accidentally changed, you have upto 30 days after the change to request account recovery via Steemit.
Remember, if you created your account via SteemInvite.com or Anonsteem or similar services then they are your recovery agent. You need to go to your account registrar/recovery agent to recover your account.
You can view your recovery agent on Steemd.com/@username
Remember the 30 day rule for the master key. If it was changed 31 days ago and you have an older key, then you won't be able to recover your account.
2. Email Access
When you attempt account recovery please use the same email you used to create your account. This vastly improves your chances of a faster recovery. Secure your email accounts with 2-factor authentication using apps such as Authy if you are unable to spend extra on a Yubikey.
Using the same email as the one used for recovery requests or support requests makes it easier for Steemit to verify ownership of account.
3. Account & Wallet Security
@acidyo wrote a post today to inform users how secure Steem wallet really is and I want to take the opportunity to add to it:
In addition to being able to store liquid Steem tokens as Steem Power (adds to your voting power) or hold your SBDs/Steem in 'savings'-both these features prevent rapid liquidation and transfer of asset, you can also create your private posting and private active keys. I've written an easy to understand guide here on creating and refreshing your private keys.
Private Posting Key-Allows you to post, upvote and flag.
Private Active Key-Allows you to transact on your wallet page and vote for witnesses.
Master Key-All account related activities + changes account password and refreshes your private keys.
Create your private keys immediately after account creation and change your keys once a month. If you are new to Steemit then I recommend that you follow my guide and generate your keys now!
4. Managing Passwords
Most people use their master key on their computer and phone browsers. I recommend that you use a secure password manager such as Last Pass to store your passwords. When you have multiple accounts, it becomes easier to manage them all with a password manager.
The 7 Rules of Steemit!
The first rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
The second rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
The third rule of Steemit is: We cannot recover your password.
The fourth rule: If you can remember the password, it's not secure.
The fifth rule: Use only randomly-generated passwords.
The sixth rule: Do not tell anyone your password.
The seventh rule: Always backup your password.
Remember, safeguarding your keys is your responsibility. Good luck with your account recovery!
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Is the owner key the master key as well, and is it the one I can see when I press wallet?
Yap, that's the one. Keep it safe.
Thanks, so many thanks dear @firepower, you are mention seriously great info for our care take, a great wishes to you,,,
You are most welcome.
nice
Thank you for your post!
You are welcome.
@firepower Great Post!! Especially loved the FightClub way of writing the rules!!
Keep up the good work.. Cheers!! ReSteeming it right away!!
Thanks a lot.
great information. thanks big brother.
Very good information sir special thanks
You are welcome. :)
Thanks for the sharing I learn many more things from this post it helps many steemain in future to recover their account thank you firepower.
You are most welcome, but make sure that you do not lose your password cause, we cannot recover it. Keep it safe. Steem On!
Eightth Rule: Never lost your password
That's right! If you lose your password we cannot recover your password. Good one!
wow...! very very helpful post. thank you for share it. I've save this post in my device
You are welcome.
Thank you for this information which is extremely helpful. I hope I won't have to use a lot of it.
You are welcome. I hope the same too. :)
Nice post and really crucial for new users. @firepower you are still rocking it hard, one of the most valuable assets of steemit.
Re-steeemed.
Thanks a lot, buddy! Glad I could assist whenever I can. :)
Nice informative post, specially for newbies.
A worth read ,may be this will help someone to out of this problem.
Great share. @firepower
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Thanks, man! Appreciate it much.
It's a brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing with us.
You are most welcome. :)
very good information. useful post
Thank you.
Well worth the read, upvoted because of the information being so valuable for all newcomers.
Thank you.
I appreciate this useful content
Thank you for reading.
Great post considering all us newbies joining up. I just generated an offline paper wallet for my keys. Qr codes are handy
Thanks. That's nice and yes, QR codes are really useful at times.
For me the last rule should be never forget the first three rules
That's right! Keep your master key safe.
Certainly sir, mind-blowing article you wrote back today
Thank you.
A good refresher for all. Many might have loose the focus on the importance of account security. with many spam and everything it is must for all to have the account secured. Thanks @firepower for bringing up the important topic.
Re-steeming the post to reach maximum.
Thanks a lot, buddy!
👍😀yoo...
This is very informative, thank for sharing account security tips and how to manage PW @firepower ! I will definitely take note of these. Resteemed!
You are welcome. Glad I could help.
a very important and useful contribution, also to understand what, what password can be used. Thanks for sharing my friend.
You are most welcome.
I have to generate and save my new private keys.
I read that great article of @acidyo,indeed Steemit has the best security in the crypto world.
That's good to know. :)
Thanks for sharing, I wrote this post yesterday about keeping passwords on paper rather than on hard drive on a computer.
https://steemit.com/hackers/@cryptolass/keep-yourself-safe-from-hackers-storing-yourcrypto-passwords
@firepower
As always, this time also your Tips are amazing.
I hope to continue steeemit parallel to my blogs. let's see what happens.
Thank you again @firepower!
Glad to know that. :)
the part i like most "The fourth rule: If you can remember the password, it's not secure."
Yeah, that is true. If you can remember your password that means its easy and it can be hacked easily.
Just what I needed to know! Thanks for the post!
You are welcome.
Store your password in a save place.
Thanks, this is important.
This is so good
you cut to the chase
Wow great information i learned many thinks.
It is an extremely important information. .
I had the same problem after recovering data from hard drive. Do you think it might affect it somehow? I don't think so but still seems to be connected to my hard drive problems? I'd like to hear your opinion on the matter.
Thanks for amazing tricks.....great work
Useful tips, thanks
Very informative and useful to me as I'm a new user here. Thanks for sharing @firepower.
The worst thing is that unfortunately such Posts like yours will get more and more important in future as the higher Values of Steem and SBD will lead to a massive increase of hacks...
Thanks @firepower. That was quite helpful and honestly a little scary to think of! Loosing password uurghh! That's the worst right?
You are welcome and yes, it is cause once you lose your password we cannot recover it.
i liked in your post
thanks for best information. thanks for sharing
This was very helpful, thanks for sharing some of these useful tips! Much appreciated @firepower
You are most welcome. Glad I could help. :)
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Great tips! Thank you so much. I see a lot of informative posts like this one, I was wondering if there is a way one can save these posts and read them later on when required? That would be a good feature I guess.
Thnks dear this is very informative .
Thanks for the care and love, and helping us with your wonderful experience.
thanks for the tips @firepower
I just got a bit confused though ..
do you actually mean, the very first ?
Not the first one.
But, most recently used. The one that worked before the password was changed. But within 30 days only.
got it thanks !
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