Conflow Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 VIGILANCEI know that this is strictly "off-topic" but in consideration of whats happened to "Dominique" and theerasure of his valuable Web-Site may I ask all members to be particularily vigilent when Logging-Onto the Forum. May I suggest that Members look at the 'Forum Members & Guest Listing' at the end ofthe Opening Page and look for "Unauthorised Members" within that Listing and report same.The "Attachment" shows an Unauthorised Member logged in as alias 'Google.Com' and whateverhe was up to god only knows ~ and lets be honest, our Forum has been attacked many times in the past and perhaps its time that we take steps to protect ALL our interests and simple vigilance would do exactly that.Brian.Conflow.(Attachment) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 I've noticed google.com logged on for some time now, and I suspect it is just their search engine looking for information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 google.com is a a regular visitor and Hawk brought it to Igor's attention during the past year and is of the same opinion as Tom.ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflow Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Gentlemen,Google SHOULD NOT BE IN THE PAID MEMBERS LIST if anything thats an 'invasion' of the Forum Members Sector and who know's whether thats Google or not ? ~ furthermore what Moderator Permissions have been granted to this "Google" (if any) if it be Google at all ?. I have no objection to genuine Google being a Guest Visitor to our Forum, I'm sure they would be more than welcome ~ but 'breaching' the Members List is a bit much to accept. Why not give them a Membership Number at least then they can be identified ???The point being, how many more 'Unauthorised Members' are allowed access rights to Post what they like, when they like without Moderator(s) supervision. Here I speak for myself as a Member and I shall say that I am concerned for my Computer(s) Security when these activities take place without being challanged.Brian.Conflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lathompson Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 The point being, how many more 'Unauthorised Members' are allowed access rights to Post what they like, when they like without Moderator(s) supervision. Here I speak for myself as a Member and I shall say that I am concerned for my Computer(s) Security when these activities take place without being challanged.Brian.Conflow.Isn't there a way to require accurate ID along with an accurate way to check the person's credentials, for anyone wanting to post? I would not be opposed to full disclosure. There must be a way to protect against such devient behavior!larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflow Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Isn't there a way to require accurate ID along with an accurate way to check the person's credentials, for anyone wanting to post? I would not be opposed to full disclosure. There must be a way to protect against such devient behavior!larryLarry,Many thanks for your support on this issue, you have taken the words out of my mouth and I am sure there are other Members that consider likewise as we do. Certainly some concrete assurances are called for ~ forin the final analysis all PTE Members would benefit, perhaps Igor may contact Invision about these concerns.Brian.Conflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflow Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Tom,Many thanks for your full explaination concerning 'Bot's & Spiders' ~ and from your Mail its apparent that you are in the WebMaster end of things concerning the Net. We at Conflow are associated with Micronetworks Ltd and yes I fully understand where you are coming from concerning Google. But as you well know Google requires 'Owners permissions' to engage in theseactivities and if a Meta-Tag has been placed in the 'Forum Members Section' instead of the Home Page(where its supposed to be) then this leaves the Forum wide open to all types of 'phishing' all not necessarily 'innocent' as we are all led to believe ?I can't say for certain if this is genuine Google, or a Google Employee, or an 'Invision Board' artifact, or a utility in use for WnSoft Inc. The fact that this untracable 'Anonymous Member' can gain access to Members Profiles ~ that's the issue.Myself and others who have contacted me 'off-list' ~ feel that clarification of this issue is urgently needed.Brian.Conflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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