Oct 22, 2014, 4:27 pm
Last edit by: davie355
HHonors Sign In (if the link has disappeared)
https://secure3.hilton.com/en/hh/customer/login/index.htm
https://secure3.hilton.com/en/hh/customer/login/index.htm
Consolidated "CAPTCHA for logging in?" thread
Oct 8, 2014, 3:59 pm
#18
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Haywards Heaths, England
Programs: HH D, IHG G, SPG G
Posts: 47
What could they do? Try identity theft. I hate these captcha things too, but having had my account hacked last week, 250000 points stolen from my account, my email address stolen by the hacker who has since spammed me with over 800 abusive emails, my account now frozen by the fraud department, hotels denying me my benefits, AND with the hacker having access to the personal data in my profile, a captcha is better than no protection at all.
Oct 8, 2014, 4:01 pm
#19
In Memoriam
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 35,555
Then we had the usual suspects accuse me of lying about all of it so I had the thread deleted.
What happened was I was at a Doubletree and I asked the front desk person to change something on my reservation and he asked me for my pin number. Afterwards, I thought it was pretty strange. Weeks later, I noticed a deduction of points for a Hampton in the same town. I got that fixed and then one Friday night I happened to see a deduction of points for a two night stay at the same 2XTree, I called the front desk who called the cops, and then they had to call the fire department when the perps set off the smoke alarm. I ended up recovering all of my points but what a mess. I actually got a call from the detective handling the case, asking me if I would testify but I think they plead out.
Oct 8, 2014, 5:08 pm
#22
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Philadelphia
Programs: HH Diamond, IHG Plat, SPG & Marriott Gold, CC Silver
Posts: 541
Oct 8, 2014, 8:38 pm
#24
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: New York / Hawaii
Programs: UA Global Services, HH Diamond
Posts: 5,178
What could they do? Try identity theft. I hate these captcha things too, but having had my account hacked last week, 250000 points stolen from my account, my email address stolen by the hacker who has since spammed me with over 800 abusive emails, my account now frozen by the fraud department, hotels denying me my benefits, AND with the hacker having access to the personal data in my profile, a captcha is better than no protection at all.
Oct 8, 2014, 9:21 pm
#25
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, MM, NR; HH Diamond, Bonvoy LT Gold, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Diamond, others
Posts: 12,159
Oct 9, 2014, 4:39 am
#27
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC, AA, UA, BA, Hilton
Posts: 2,907
Took five or six spins of the CAPTCHA to find one word group that I could read and use to log in to my HHonors account. Worked on the first attempt though. CAPTCHA won't help if hackers previously got your account number and pin or password, as then it won't make any difference.
Now if I could just get the Hilton website to delete my "captured" CC info from my profile from the most recent booking I made a week ago. I never leave my CC info on a website, preferring to enter it each time, but now I can't get it off the Hilton site, by hitting the delete button, changing the number or expiry dates, or any other way, including a call to Hilton. When I hit the submit button on the website (does it really work?) to delete my CC info, it just reverts back to the same number and dates. I've just PM'd the HHonors rep here on FT to finally try to get my CC info off the Hilton site.
Hope that he can get the results for me, without my having to change the HHonors account that I've had for many years.
Now if I could just get the Hilton website to delete my "captured" CC info from my profile from the most recent booking I made a week ago. I never leave my CC info on a website, preferring to enter it each time, but now I can't get it off the Hilton site, by hitting the delete button, changing the number or expiry dates, or any other way, including a call to Hilton. When I hit the submit button on the website (does it really work?) to delete my CC info, it just reverts back to the same number and dates. I've just PM'd the HHonors rep here on FT to finally try to get my CC info off the Hilton site.
Hope that he can get the results for me, without my having to change the HHonors account that I've had for many years.
