Yes, it matters.
Say I gained your email and your password (if you used it commonly on other sites).
I could then, for example, log into your facebook page and post defamatory stuff, or simply remain silent and gather information. I represent as you on Twitter or other forums. I could access your emails and read your whole inbox. Remember, I would know who your email provider was. I would easily find your date of birth from your emails (happy birthday!).
This is not just the "playful" or "punishment" or "public humiliation" matter of posting in someone else's name on this or HJ forum. It is far more serious than that (although that is bad enough).
The scope for ruining someone's life is massive. Say I published private info from your email account? If you use the common password for anything work related, I could easily compromise your work or get you fired.
8< Snip. Information discussed in a private area on the HJ forum was just that - private.
While you may think you are well protected ifithelps, everyone has vulnerabilities.
With no privacy policy, how does anyone know what has happened, or what should happen to their data? I highly suspect that a copy of passwords from here (and from the HJ site) and another forum, are being stored on private computers, unsecured.
So dangerous and probably illegal.
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Thanks Honda Driver.
Last edited by: VxFan on Mon 1 Mar 10 at 13:18
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