Login now with email address instead of username?

[Sven J]

Hi there,

while trying to log in today, I noticed that it's not possible by entering username + password any more, but now requires email + password.
Is that a bug, a new security feature, or can I choose login options somewhere in my account settings?
Thanks in advance for answering!

Kind regards,
Sven

[Murdoch17]

33 minutes ago, Sven J said:

Hi there,

while trying to log in today, I noticed that it's not possible by entering username + password any more, but now requires email + password.
Is that a bug, a new security feature, or can I choose login options somewhere in my account settings?
Thanks in advance for answering!

Kind regards,
Sven

@Sven J It's a new thing that's being done. (I think for security?) They warned us about it some time ago, and there was a banner up on top of the page all yesterday. @aFrInaTi0n has more details in one of his threads.. can't remember where / which one.

Edited July 1, 2025 by Murdoch17

[aFrInaTi0n]

eah it is expacted to raise security - I think my newsposzing was too early.

 

so yes this is all known and intentionally done to allow better security

[Sven J]

@Murdoch17 and @aFrInaTi0n, thank you both!
 

1 hour ago, Murdoch17 said:

and there was a banner up on top of the page all yesterday.

Oh. One day not visiting EB, and already missed something...

20 minutes ago, aFrInaTi0n said:

I think my newsposzing was too early.

Don't blame yourself for that. I think it's rather for my browsing habits that I missed it - I rarely visit the frontpage and instead go to the several forums I'm interested in directly (have Firefox favourites for them).

[aFrInaTi0n]

It is may bad of bad planning - the initial announcement was too far in the past & I just put the notice banner on the page yesterday as a "last minute" reminder for people possibly getting logged out because of the change & them knowing what the reason may be.
So @Sven J you did nothing wrong - possibly only I did.. Next time I may give less time between the news for such change to let people not forget it already & possibly putting a reminder there for over 1-2 days before.

Also I am encouraging people to bring up topics like this, as it allows for others to catch up in information - so I am also more than happy with that thread here. ♥

Best regards