Allow recovering lost password by sending it via tox message

[phaux]

In case I lose my password to the site, I'd expect to be able to at least remove my account from the site somehow, but it's not possible at all. If you lose your password your account is lost forever.

I'd expect there to be a "forgot password" button. You'd get added by a bot on tox which sends your password via message.

But then if it was integrated with tox like that, why not make account management to be performed fully via bot messages? This is actually how I imagined it would work before I created an account.

[subliun]

You'd get added by a bot on tox which sends your password via message.

This isn't possible because passwords are hashed and salted.

All good clients allow you to delete your toxme if you have your tox data file.

[SkyzohKey]

@subliun commented on 16 Oct 2015, 01:45 GMT+2:

You'd get added by a bot on tox which sends your password via message.

This isn't possible because passwords are hashed and salted.

All good clients allow you to delete your toxme if you have your tox data file.

Technically it's possible. Just set a new password for the user and send it to the user.

[LittleVulpix]

@phaux @SkyzohKey @subliun this can more or less be closed, the account toxmeio at toxme.io deals with this exact issue.