Posted by kaylabear on April 23, 2010, at 0:10:14
In reply to Re: what might have happened, posted by Dr. Bob on April 22, 2010, at 15:26:00
Well, Bob, you are really putting people at risk by not knowing how this happened to Fayroe. And now, thanks to you, we cannot investigage this further being Fayeroe was blocked. If this site's features pose a unknwn security risks, it should be stopped until you do get it figured out.
It seems people can be logged into their facebook accounts without realizing it while using this site on the same computer. Many sites use cookies and automatically log you in - and there's no way to log out (like here). Yet, many of those same sites will not work without cookies enabled.
The growing complication of all the online services are increasingly more difficult to sort through, fix, or understand which jeopardizes people's privacy and identity concealment. Security and privacy settings change or are "updated" for all sorts of accounts, and they are becoming more complicated and numerous. For example Google automatically linked all user emails for public view after people joined a service and were unaware of it. What you are doing is not much different.
Its becoming more difficult to navigate the appropriate settings for your accounts with all the automations such as automated linking. I don't even understand what all the security settings mean, as some are so abbreviated and vague. And sometime you have to send an email and cannot possibly go through all your settings each time to ensure they have not changed.
It seems having the Twitter/FB link capabilities and now capturing and storing all the posts is benefiting no one but you-your research. Most people here do not want it, and it has harmed several people already. Barely anyone is using it; again, except you. You seem to be one of the very few interested in this media, yet you claim this forum is for member support.
Five years from now, people will wish they thought of such things, and laws will be created to offer more protection. But that it a slow process and right now, YOU can ensure members are safe by taking appropriate actions. But you are not.
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