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14.02.09, 06:21
this about this thread :
One of the members here is a skulking spy!! (http://www.sb-innovation.de/f135/one-members-here-skulking-spy-5742/)
read please its from moofdev.net
link (http://www.moofdev.net/forums/index.php?topic=2808.0)
As probably everyone else in here, I'd like to keep my participation in this forum private. However, there are a few things that make this somewhat difficult. I post them here so that admins and interested users can handle them appropiately...
ISSUE 1: I've noticed many posts in these forums that contain images hosted in external sites, either in user's avatars or in user's signatures. This poses a security/privacy threat for all of the site's users, because whenever you see a post with such an image, the browser requests it to the external server, which will log this request (including you IP and moofdev.org as the referrer!). If I were a tracker admin, I'd certainly have an account here and post a few topics as baits to see if any of the IPs seeing the topic are registered in my tracker...
SOLUTION TO ISSUE 1: Admins should disable the use of external images in these forums, just to be sure no one attempts this. In the meantime, I personally disabled avatars and signatures in the "Look and Layout Preferences" of my profile...
ISSUE 2: I've noticed some users here actually have their email address visible to everyone (through the small envelope under their username). They should make sure they haven't used the same email address to register in any trackers, as that's another sure way to get banned...
SOLUTION TO ISSUE 2: Everyone should select the option to hide their email from other members. Admins could maybe put it as the default option or mention it somewhere (as they mention the same issue with the usernames)...
i didn't finished reading the topic but from first words i remember i read some issue like that in moofdev.net i wish i could help.
One of the members here is a skulking spy!! (http://www.sb-innovation.de/f135/one-members-here-skulking-spy-5742/)
read please its from moofdev.net
link (http://www.moofdev.net/forums/index.php?topic=2808.0)
As probably everyone else in here, I'd like to keep my participation in this forum private. However, there are a few things that make this somewhat difficult. I post them here so that admins and interested users can handle them appropiately...
ISSUE 1: I've noticed many posts in these forums that contain images hosted in external sites, either in user's avatars or in user's signatures. This poses a security/privacy threat for all of the site's users, because whenever you see a post with such an image, the browser requests it to the external server, which will log this request (including you IP and moofdev.org as the referrer!). If I were a tracker admin, I'd certainly have an account here and post a few topics as baits to see if any of the IPs seeing the topic are registered in my tracker...
SOLUTION TO ISSUE 1: Admins should disable the use of external images in these forums, just to be sure no one attempts this. In the meantime, I personally disabled avatars and signatures in the "Look and Layout Preferences" of my profile...
ISSUE 2: I've noticed some users here actually have their email address visible to everyone (through the small envelope under their username). They should make sure they haven't used the same email address to register in any trackers, as that's another sure way to get banned...
SOLUTION TO ISSUE 2: Everyone should select the option to hide their email from other members. Admins could maybe put it as the default option or mention it somewhere (as they mention the same issue with the usernames)...
i didn't finished reading the topic but from first words i remember i read some issue like that in moofdev.net i wish i could help.