New Habbo safety lock!

[Michael]

We've added a new feature called Account Safety Lock to make your account even safer. Here´s how it works:



So what does the Account Safety Lock exactly do?

The Safety Lock protects your account from unauthorized access. Once you've enabled it, access to your account is blocked for anyone trying to log on from a location other than your normal IP address. So e.g if you normally live in Brooklyn and have enabled your Safety Lock there, then spend a week with relatives in the Philippines, or even just across the river in New Jersey, you will not be able to log on until you have gone through the verification process.

Where can I find this feature on my home page?

Logging on to your account, on the very first page before actually entering the hotel, go to Account Settings. Scroll all the way down to Safety Lock where you will see a box that you can click to enable this feature. Leaving the box unchecked means that the Safety Lock is disabled.

What's the verification process?

If your account is blocked, the message "Send verification email" will pop up on your screen. You will want to click that. Once you've done so, an email containing a verification link will be sent to the email address that is linked to your habbo account. Clicking the verification link brings up a notification telling you that your account is now unblocked and you can access it from there.

So when you say my account is blocked, does that mean no one can access anything on there?

Correct. Changing passwords and email addresses, trading, linking to IDs, deleting rooms - all this vital stuff will be disabled until you or whoever is trying to gain access to the account has gone through verification.

Do I have a choice or is it mandatory to put the Safety Lock on?

Of course you have a choice. You can chose whether you would like this feature enabled or disabled on your account. We obviously recommend that you do take advantage of this and enable it as it will add greatly to the security of your account.

Does the Safety Lock also work when my brother in his room next to mine uses his laptop to log on to my account?

No. The Safety Lock only blocks access from IP locations different from yours. As the IP location of everyone in your house is the same, this feature will not work and so you'll have to find other ways of keeping your brother off your account ) Never, ever sharing your password with anybody is a good start!!

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[MKR&*42]

About time is all I can say. Sure it won't fully stop hacking or w.e but this is a great move by Su-larkee () IMO.

[iLogan]

I just did this and now it just reloads the login page whenever I try to login :|

[Mathew]

Pretty good idea. Enabled!

[Pigperson]

Quite a nice idea but the problem is that most hacking is targeted at the emails and if they have the emails, it doesn't really help :S I might be interpreting it wrong though. I'll have a look

Will

[Velma.]

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THEY SHOULD OF BEEN DONE THAT!!

[Samantha]

Nice but of course a pin would be better? Could be a tedious process for me due to not using real emails for some too.

[Aaron]

A great idea that has been implemented imo, will be very useful.

[jasey]

The Safety Lock only blocks access from IP locations different from yours. As the IP location of everyone in your house is the same, this feature will not work and so you'll have to find other ways of keeping your brother off your account )

can't tell if whoever wrote that is really stupid enough to think varied computers in one home can't have multiple ip addresses or if they are just dumbing the explanation down for the kids. either way, very cool feature and i am impressed. it will definitely help a lot. this should have been put in to place ages ago (i'm sure it was suggested) and i am very happy they have introduced this. cheers, sulake!

[Toilet]

It doesn't help if the hacker has access to your email.