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If you're going to throw your hat into the co-founder pool with information on how to reach you, I think your Google username is the least of your concerns. Se
by jayliew 17y ago
If you're going to throw your hat into the co-founder pool with information on how to reach you, I think your Google username is the least of your concerns.
Seriously, did you know getting on the interwebs reveals your IP address :p Someone could run a full suite of penetration tests on your IP addr to get to your end-point or router.
- staunch 17y agoWhat about the people merely clicking the link, to view what it is? It reveals their email address/name for anyone to see. That's behavior unlike any other public page on the web.
- jayliew 17y agoBut that is the point of a directory listing of people - people who enter their info want to be found and contacted. If you don't want to be contacted, then don't add your information. I'm not sure what you're suggesting is the problem, but perhaps you can suggest a solution? You obfuscate your email addr so that it's human-readable and not spam-bot readable. Or just add your twitter username instead, or whatever choice you prefer.
- dangrossman 17y agoYou're missing his point. You reveal your Google Account (and e-mail address for most people) just by viewing the page, without typing a single character into the page.
- mark_h 17y agoYou could always log out first, before clicking on it.
- jayliew 17y agoI see. Basically, the consumers of the content (the people just wanting to see what's on the list) want to be completely 100% anonymous. I wonder how the producers of the content (the people entering their information on the spreadsheet) would feel about that. Well there you go, as suggested above.. you can always logout first - or create a dummy account. Google sign-in is arguably one of the commonly used on the Web, even if you're really anti-Google .. having a dummy account would be real handy. Excess paranoia, on the other hand, is another topic.