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New Launcher Forces Poor Security
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Noddy Comet
Lysdexic Agnostics - Thier is no Dog
#21 - 2013-07-14 19:16:06 UTC
Ciyrine wrote:
Noddy Comet wrote:
Zane Tekitsu wrote:
I am not sure what you are getting at... You want people to be in the habit of using "strong" alphanumeric passwords, but you want the purpose to be defeated by having that pass stored in plain text in multiple areas that may or may not be secure?

Also, these threads are getting old, and I don't even like the launcher...

X:\Program Files\CCP\bin\exefile.exe -(or)-
X:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\bin\exefile.exe

Right click > Send to desktop (Create Shortcut.)
Run that.
That is all you need to do.



Way to pay attention....

Quote:
The new launcher (at least the Mac client) doesn't allow PASTE into the password field.


way to be clueless. hes showing you the exefile option which you can use to start the game without using the launcher at all.


Which has nothing to do with the fact that the OP is posting about using the Mac client... it's right there in the very first sentence of his post...

The exefile path above is for a WINDOWS install.

exefile.exe is not located anywhere on a Mac install, as far as I can see when trying to search for it on my Macbook.

The Mac client recently got the update pushed where you are now forced to use the same crappy launcher Windows users have.

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#22 - 2013-07-14 19:23:31 UTC
Noddy Comet wrote:
Ciyrine wrote:
way to be clueless. hes showing you the exefile option which you can use to start the game without using the launcher at all.


Which has nothing to do with the fact that the OP is posting about using the Mac client... it's right there in the very first sentence of his post...

The exefile path above is for a WINDOWS install.

exefile.exe is not located anywhere on a Mac install, as far as I can see when trying to search for it on my Macbook.

Oh, it's there, right inside the EVE app package inside the EVE app package (no that's not a ⌘C⌘V error), but that doesn't make Clyrine any less clueless. You still can't use the exe file to bypass the launcher since it's not a valid executable. You could rejigger the cider plists to launch it instead, but the amount of breakage that will occur on the next update is anyone's guess.
Dalmont Delantee
Gecko Corp
#23 - 2013-07-14 19:53:01 UTC
I've got an idea. Get rid of the mac and buy a PC? :P
Zane Tekitsu
The Munitions Miracle Network
#24 - 2013-07-14 20:11:37 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Noddy Comet wrote:
Ciyrine wrote:
way to be clueless. hes showing you the exefile option which you can use to start the game without using the launcher at all.


Which has nothing to do with the fact that the OP is posting about using the Mac client... it's right there in the very first sentence of his post...

The exefile path above is for a WINDOWS install.

exefile.exe is not located anywhere on a Mac install, as far as I can see when trying to search for it on my Macbook.

Oh, it's there, right inside the EVE app package inside the EVE app package (no that's not a ⌘C⌘V error), but that doesn't make Clyrine any less clueless. You still can't use the exe file to bypass the launcher since it's not a valid executable. You could rejigger the cider plists to launch it instead, but the amount of breakage that will occur on the next update is anyone's guess.


Do what I do on Windows 8 when a patch rolls around and use repair to DL and install the patch.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#25 - 2013-07-14 20:17:57 UTC
Zane Tekitsu wrote:
Do what I do on Windows 8 when a patch rolls around and use repair to DL and install the patch.
…which is not only also not a valid executable, but also not part of the package.
Zane Tekitsu
The Munitions Miracle Network
#26 - 2013-07-14 20:44:06 UTC
Hmm...I thought I remembered seeing a mac version of the repair tool, or some such... What is done on a mac if the program gets corrupted etc? Without a computer with osx, or something similar enough installed in front of me, at this point its pretty much shots in the dark.
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
#27 - 2013-07-14 20:44:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Miilla
How does it force me?

Frankly, if I am able to sit at your computer with access to your clipboard, G A M E O V E R.
dexington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#28 - 2013-07-14 21:05:50 UTC
Miilla wrote:
How does it force me?

Frankly, if I am able to sit at your computer with access to your clipboard, G A M E O V E R.


Are you saying people how copy pates their password are kinda of stupid, because everyone else with access to the computer can just paste it into any text editor as plain text when they are not looking?

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#29 - 2013-07-14 21:08:06 UTC
Miilla wrote:
How does it force me?

Frankly, if I am able to sit at your computer with access to your clipboard, G A M E O V E R.


The evepswd.txt file on the desktop is a good place to look if it's not already in the clipboard.
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
#30 - 2013-07-14 21:08:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Miilla
dexington wrote:
Miilla wrote:
How does it force me?

Frankly, if I am able to sit at your computer with access to your clipboard, G A M E O V E R.


Are you saying people how copy pates their password are kinda of stupid, because everyone else with access to the computer can just paste it into any text editor as plain text when they are not looking?


Well, if I have access to his computer, you have more to worry about than just your eve password :)


Sometimes self control comes into securing one self. If he has no ability to control himself, again, G A M E O V E R.
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