Steven P. Administrators Posted September 21, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 21, 2011 Well not just here, everywhere! I just helped someone out who registered here for support a while back, and then left this site for other pastures; but not before leaving his email address visible in no less than 3 topics that he started. The topics were in publicly accessible areas, so search engines and spam bots will pick them up. Neowin is a fun place to be, and very supportive because of our great community, but we urge everyone old and new to not drop your guard with personal identifiable information, do not post it in the (public) forums. If you need people to contact you, require that they PM you, then you can safely share email addresses and whatever else. Although other areas of the site may not be viewed by guests, as you know spam bots regularly register here too, so even those areas aren't safe to post email addresses openly in topics. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted September 21, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted September 21, 2011 Ah, the joys of needing to point out common sense... I am always wary of posting my email address. If I feel that I have to post an email address, I use my hotmail address. That account has been hit by so much spam it's incredible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 My credit card number is, 4578 0002 2222 9671 :p Free computers for everybody ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Majesticmerc MVC Posted September 21, 2011 MVC Share Posted September 21, 2011 My credit card number is, 4578 0002 2222 9671 :p Free computers for everybody ! What's your real name? I put "THE HUM" into the cardholder name field but it was declined :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLiMiT06 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 My credit card number is, 4578 0002 2222 9671 :p Free computers for everybody ! LMAO, can't do much without a name, exp date, and security code :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Not to point out the obvious, Neobond, but who the hell really cares about giving out an e-mail address in public anymore? I don't know about you, but I have plenty of different ones that I use for various different purposes, some specifically for public uses like that. If it gets overrun by spam, then I simply stop checking it and start using a new one. Problem solved. The advice of not giving out your e-mail address in public made sense a decade or more ago when you pretty much had to pay for each e-mail address you had, but with free and disposable e-mail addresses now, that advice seems antiquated. It is almost as pointless as people telling you not to open e-mails from people you don't know, since most malware infected e-mails you get these days will almost certainly be from someone you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan~ Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Roadwarrior, some people don't want to hassel of having multiple emails they need to check. What I do is have an email address called signup@mydomain.com which is used for sites, and if I do silly questionaires etc etc. I also use my old mobile number for the same purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Roadwarrior, some people don't want to hassel of having multiple emails they need to check. What I do is have an email address called signup@mydomain.com which is used for sites, and if I do silly questionaires etc etc. I also use my old mobile number for the same purpose Well, if they don't want the "hassel" that is their own problem. It takes less time to create a new e-mail address than it does to actually sign up on some sites. My point though was that Neobond has no idea if the e-mail address that the person used was a disposable one or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 My credit card number is, 4578 0002 2222 9671 :p Free computers for everybody ! Hum, you need to take care of something too! A bot with a Neowin account was looking for you.... What's your real name? I put "THE HUM" into the cardholder name field but it was declined :( Something tells me it's, Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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