Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:31:31 +0200 (MET DST)
- Message No. 3300
From: Michael Dipper
Subject: Re: Giving out names and addresses?
Hi Chris,
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Chris Longhurst wrote:
> (especially in the UK where bikes are stolen to order) the potential
> scum could be lurking on the mailing list - ie listening, but never
> contributing. One day, all his christmases come at once when people
> start emailing names and addresses. He now has a ready-made list of
> addresses where he knows Africa Twins are stored.
[....]
You are very right ... I think most people here are not willing to provide
private information on such a huge and uncontrolled network like the
internet. So the idea was to distribute this addresses only to selected
people via private email, but here the problem is "who is a trusted user"
... Just emailing for some months is surely not enough to trust someone.
On the other hand I am sure I could locate you within the UK very easily.
I know your name, know where you are working, that you have 50km to work.
So a simple scan of a map and some of these "phonebook CDROMs" (you don't
have them in the UK?) will give me your address ... I think these problems
arise when entering the net, the level of information you provide just
makes things more difficult but not impossible.
My conclusion would be (also to secure regularly updated information
like said before):
* Expanding ATIC memberlist with the "area" where the member lives.
Everyone decides on his own, how detailed information he wants to give.
Additionaly a button, which says if face2face contact with other ATICs is
wished. *No* streets, phone-no., etc. We have email! Everything more is
useless.
* Additionally: Entries editable by each user. Currently I need more time
in updating the memberlist than I would need for programming a small
database :-)
Work on that is in progress but will surely need some time. However, I
don't want to stop somebody in collecting addresses, but he should be
aware about risks and the time that is needed to maintain the data.
Greets,
--- Micha ---
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