[filmscanners] RE: Spam Alert: RE: OT - Interesting story on privacy...orlack thereof!

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

> If that makes you dizzy, when Ebay was a little younger than they are now,
> *everybody* had access to what police can now get by fax.  User names
> were your email address.  If you were a registered user, you could ask and
> get other folk's name, address, and phone number to contact them with
> (there were some strings attached).
>
> And even now, you can do a seach to see what some other user has purchased
> recently -- or seller sold recently.  You can see what others have
> bids on.  If you care.
>
> If you look at someone's feedback, you also can see their purchasing
> pattern there as well.  Open to the public w/o even a court order!

Mike,

I think you missed the point.  It is the information that is BEYOND what is
publicly available, like your credit card information, your bank
information, and full auction history (not just an abreviated 90 day
version), that is what the problem is.

Austin

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