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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I would expect any random headset to plug into the headset and microphone ports and Just Work, and ditto for USB

    For the most part these days, they do. But OP asked about wireless.

    or Bluetooth headsets that report themselves as the appropriate device class.

    The problem with Bluetooth is not the operating system or drivers, but Bluetooth itself. The spec famously lacks provisions for good quality stereo output with good quality input at the same time. This is why many wireless headsets use a (non-Bluetooth) dongle.





  • Your guess is confirmed here.

    There are plans to update the forum, including for better security (the main issue with changing the forum software is concern over reliably migrating all of the existing content). After emailing (admittedly not current best practice), the passwords are hashed and only the hash is stored.

    …and later…

    The forum has been updated to https, and passwords are no longer being sent by email.

    Which raises the question of how old OP’s screen shot is.

    Also, no, the password would not necessarily still be stored in plain text on their end. The cleartext password used in that email might be only in memory, and discarded after sending the message. Depends on how the UBB forum software implemented it and how Larian’s mail servers are set up.

    EDIT: I just verified that this behavior has resurfaced since it was originally fixed. OP would do well to responsibly report it, rather than stirring up drama over a web forum account.