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Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:17:22 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
It would take a little more development effort to do a hash, but ya. Ouch.

I agree. Ouch. Not only that but it seems to vary across time, some of my
creations have older email addresses embedded, presumably matching when I
changed my emails as various acquisitions happened.

feedback (at) mocpages.com is where feedback is solicited and I've sent mail
there alerting Sean of this thread. Hope that helps. Hope it is fixed.

Thanks Larry,

I wanted to understand method by which my email address was harvested
before address it to MOCPages.  Clearly it's a design flaw, and not
something more sinister which was one of my original concerns.

Derek



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(...) Derek, everyone: Yes... this was a design flaw on my part; I would never, NEVER sell people's personal information. I, myself, get over 400 pieces of spam every day, and am very sensitive to giving out my own e-mail, phone numbers, etc. I'd (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) It would take a little more development effort to do a hash, but ya. Ouch. I agree. Ouch. Not only that but it seems to vary across time, some of my creations have older email addresses embedded, presumably matching when I changed my emails as (...) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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