"Sign out of all other sessions" button

The4thPixel

Earlier today I saw a topic in Questions About Scratch where the poster was extremely scared because they were still signed in onto their account, on a computer at school and anyone could access it. While making my reply I suddenly wondered what would happen if I was in their shoes, and chances are I'd be terrified because then anybody can make posts on my behalf and God knows what else.
Then I remembered. There's an application called Discord which takes security very seriously, and it notifies you whenever there's two or more requests to access your account. It also does this with voice calls and whenever you run the application on a different computer, you're prompted to close the application on the device you were previously using.
So I was imagining a “Sign out of all other sessions” button, likely to be placed in Account Settings. When clicked, it logs out the account on every computer using it except for the computer you clicked the button on. If that makes sense.
After remembering Discord I also think there should be a small banner at the top that prompts you whenever someone else is on your account from a different device. The button would also be placed there.
If you were on the recieving end of the button's feature, the page you were on would refresh but you would be logged out of the account, and unless your browser saves passwords automatically, it'll be pretty hard to get back into the account.

TL;DR: Add a button that signs out all other sessions of the account.

It's a small feature that won't completely stop hackers, but I think it would help a lot.

BY147258369

I like the idea but correct me if I'm wrong.

If this person has signed into different computers (and is using google chrome), couldn't they just click CTRL+H and clear their cache, cookies and passwords?

The4thPixel

BY147258369 wrote:
If this person has signed into different computers (and is using google chrome), couldn't they just click CTRL+H and clear their cache, cookies and passwords?

Yes, but most users don't know how to do that.

BY147258369

The4thPixel wrote:
BY147258369 wrote:
If this person has signed into different computers (and is using google chrome), couldn't they just click CTRL+H and clear their cache, cookies and passwords?
Yes, but most users don't know how to do that.

True. I still supprot the idea!

Last edited by BY147258369 (Jan. 26, 2017 20:30:53)

The4thPixel

BY147258369 wrote:
The4thPixel wrote:
BY147258369 wrote:
If this person has signed into different computers (and is using google chrome), couldn't they just click CTRL+H and clear their cache, cookies and passwords?
Yes, but most users don't know how to do that.
True. I still support the idea!

And, I just remembered, not everyone uses Chrome. Anyway, thanks for the support!

BY147258369

That too. I don't know about Mozilla Firefox though. I haven't used it yet. I honestly forgot how internet explorer works.

Hex4Nova

Pretty sure when you log into your account on a device, the server logs you out from any other device you were logged into. At least it's been so for me, but surely I can't be the only one here.

Last edited by Hex4Nova (Jan. 26, 2017 19:41:42)

BY147258369

Not for me. I can easily access it from anywhere. Also, if you keep the password for easy access ( I am realizing that this is a terrible idea to do that, too late now), then it is easily stolen.

The4thPixel

BY147258369 wrote:
That too. I don't know about Mozilla Firefox though. I haven't used it yet. I honestly forgot how internet explorer works.

IE is that one lonely browser that no one uses. No matter how much Microsoft promotes it, Chrome will always be better.

Hex4Nova wrote:
Pretty sure when you log into your account on a device, the server logs you out from any other device you were logged into. At least it's been so for me, but surely I can't be the only one here.

I'll test it later and add the results to the OP.

MathlyCat

Supprot. I find this can be exceptionally handy to others; myself on the other hand need the ability to be signed onto like 20 devices

VideoGamerCanInvent

Support!

That would be a very useful feature.

miniepicness

Supprot

Tons of other website-games have this
why not scratch?

scrooge100

copying roblox's ideas huh?!??! im telling them and you're gonna get sued!

lol just kidding, support, this would be useful

The4thPixel

scrooge100 wrote:
copying roblox's ideas huh?!??! im telling them and you're gonna get sued!

wow

Last edited by The4thPixel (Jan. 27, 2017 01:01:13)

scrooge100

The4thPixel wrote:
scrooge100 wrote:
copying roblox's ideas huh?!??! im telling them and you're gonna get sued!
wow

lol just kidding
lol just kidding
lol just kidding

Last edited by scrooge100 (Jan. 27, 2017 01:23:19)

Epicness123

Support.

Also, I thought changing your password signs you out of other sessions.

The4thPixel

Epicness123 wrote:
Support.

Also, I thought changing your password signs you out of other sessions.

Yeah, it does, but people don't always have the time to do that.

The4thPixel

Bump.

miniepicness

Bump

scrooge100

JonathanSchaffer wrote:
The4thPixel wrote:
IE is that one lonely browser that no one uses. No matter how much Microsoft promotes it, Chrome will always be better.
My browser / operating system: Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0, Flash 21.0 (release 0)

WHY????????
Also your flash version is 3 updates behind lol

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