Account creation settings

Who can sign up

Anyone can create a FoodProt AI account with an e-mail address and a password. An institutional address is not required. Every new account is a Member: it can create private projects and be invited to others, and it sees no existing project until an owner invites it.

Google sign-in is offered on the sign-in page when the platform has it switched on.

How new accounts are protected

New accounts are protected in several ways.

• Confirmation e-mail: the address must be confirmed by e-mail before the account can be used. "Resend confirmation" is on the sign-in page.
• Rate limiting: repeated sign-up attempts are limited.
• Password reset: a forgotten password is reset through an e-mail link.
• Two-factor authentication: each person can switch it on in Account.
• Allow new users to sign up: this is on by default. A platform owner can have account creation switched off for the whole platform; invitations to projects keep working.

Appointing platform staff

Platform admins are appointed by a platform owner from Administration → Staff. Each appointment and each change is saved with a recorded reason.

A platform admin can carry out only the tasks they have been explicitly granted, such as seeing the account directory, suspending an account, retrying background tasks or seeing system status.

What an account can reach

Signing in gives no access to any existing project. Platform staff do not see inside a private project unless they are members of it. A suspended account can sign in but cannot open projects or change anything.