blackvoid Synology Account portal

Back in the day, Synology was just making hardware and software as they do now, but then we didn't have all sorts of services, support was really bad, and most apps didn't offer licensing models.

As they grew, so did the demand for better coordination with their clients, their subscriptions, purchased items, warranties, and above all that, a better way to support users that needed help.

In the past years, Synology started offering more and more "cloud" services of their own, especially with the introduction of DSM 7 and their C2 services. With that in mind, Synology needed a place that will be a single point for their clients to maintain all their information, but also something that will be a single sign-on method for logging, and connecting their services and products.

Enter, Synology Account.


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[Telos]

Disappointing to see that the Synology Account and Synology Community must use the same login credentials.

I used this article as a trigger to update my account login, and discovered that my community login was changed to match.

Or is there a trick to this I've overlooked?

 

[Rusty]

Or is there a trick to this I've overlooked?

Think you are on the nose with this one. Community=Account when it comes to logging in, at least how I see it in practice.

 

[Telos]

Recognizing how poorly the “community” is set up… it seems like an obvious target for finding a penetration vulnerability, which would then lead a hacker to immense mischief across all registered Synology accounts.