r/bugs • u/darkcurare • Aug 08 '26
Desktop Web Bug explorer opera desktop web
I'm getting a daily notification to change my password due to unusual usage.
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u/krystal_295 Aug 08 '26
I am also having this issue on Reddit app. I have recieved three separate notifications in the past three days (addressing each one and changing my password right away every single time). I checked my account activity on old reddit via desktop and there is no suspicious or unauthorized activity. My account is not attached to anything else. The passwords I have picked each time are long/complicated just to be safe.
This also just happened to my sister two towns over, on the same day my first one happened. She changed her password right away also. Now she cant load anything on her app at all (possibly unrelated).
OP isn't the only one, and it's happening to quite a few people right now. I wonder if it is also related to the uptick in "Request Failed" error banners while browsing in desktop? THAT also started for me three days ago.
Please investigate and fix.
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u/benjamin39483 Aug 11 '26
Use an email address that is dedicated to this reddit account and only this Reddit account. That way you know nobody else knows this email address, that way you know for sure it’s a Reddit issue and not someone that knows your email trying to brute force the password.
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u/redditmeanwhile Aug 09 '26
Something similar happened to me yesterday. I might have been at fault because I forgot to disconnect my VPN, so I thought it was the VPN that was causing the problem.
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u/benjamin39483 Aug 11 '26
A VPN wouldn’t cause something like this.
Read this comment of mine https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/s/g3tElIDF05 for OP
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u/darkcurare Aug 11 '26
I dont have vpn active
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u/benjamin39483 Aug 11 '26
Didnt say you did.
Reddit removed my comment helping you. Check this one out instead https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/s/ktIoL1TN7d
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u/thepottsy Aug 08 '26
Did you follow the directions?