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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 4:49:43 GMT
IMPORTANT INFO TO NEW MEMBERS. CHECK YOUR PRIVACY INFO ON THIS SITE. BY DEFAULT IT SHOWS YOUR BIRTHDAY (not year) and EMAIL ADDRESS. if your email address has your name in it, everyone knows your name, email and date of birth (not year though). CHANGE IT NOW!!!
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Post by ruiner420 on Feb 20, 2017 4:58:14 GMT
So what does this mean?
Don't give up the fight for truly independent cinema!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 5:02:32 GMT
If you dont value your privacy or are open to be a victim of identity fraud, or enjoy being stalked online by weirdos feel free to ignore my advice.
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Post by darkpast on Feb 20, 2017 5:04:09 GMT
everyone should do this, surprised you need to tell anyone. Can't believe people actually use their full real name or primary email to register for sites like this. stuff gets hacked all the time, no useful info is stored here for me
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 5:11:01 GMT
Thanks Darkpast. So far one person gets it.
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Post by thebayharborbutcher on Feb 20, 2017 6:50:39 GMT
I just looked at my profile. I saw my birthday but not the email address.
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 20, 2017 7:17:22 GMT
Yeah, i immediately noticed the email thing (that it's publicly displayed by default) when i signed up a while ago and then immediately changed it not long after so that the average person cannot view it (which should be the forums default mode). but it's odd that a place like this does not automatically keep your email address private.
but if someone is mostly using a spam email then they probably ain't got much to worry about but i did not do that as i pretty much only have 1 main email and somewhat a backup but the backup is limited. i got a bit more but i don't really use anything besides the main one much anymore as i largely dumped the Yahoo email because they have proven they cannot be trusted to keep your Yahoo email accounts secure.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 13:27:30 GMT
Good. Im glad my post helped someone. You can edit your profile security settings so that only staff members or staff and your friends here can only see your info. As others have suggested, never use your real email that has your real name on sites like this. Also set up a separate email also just for junk emails or for those pesky sites that make you put your email address in that you dont plan to use more than once. They'll have an email address you dont care about, saving you having to sift through loads of junk mail in your main email account  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 13:34:57 GMT
My real name is not in my e-mail and my username is not my real name.
I would never use my actual name on any forums.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 13:53:44 GMT
Just clicked on my profile and could not see my email, only my dob which I don't really have a problem with.
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