Indefinite Bannings

[Louis VI the Fat]

I'm not sure what exactly happened.


As a general comment:
I've got holiday pictures up on the net, I've got social sites I'm active on. These are a)private, and b)visited by real life friends and colleagues. I also enjoy my games, and visiting games sites to discuss them and talk bollox in general.
I don't need somebody on some game site hacking my accounts or my pictures. I can't have that. I don't need my picture appearing all over the net, or suddenly have some pr0n picture or burning kittens appear in my photo albums.

[Subotan]

Secura is not the person whose account he admitted to breaking into. That person was a Moderator, and most certainly did not consent.

The only person whose account I am aware of that was "broken into" (to use terrible hyperbole) was Secura's. Of course, if there were others, then that changes the situation, but assuming that others have been accessed is not enough justification for a perma-ban.

As for the warning, someone who's received 29 warnings/infractions in the last 12 months does not need further warnings.

Perhaps.

No it's a “I don't care about your privacy” [I can get pictures of you] bordering on the blasé (“so what, who does?”) [tongue smiley] attitude. It's apparently not gossipy curiosity but “for the heck of it”

No, it really isn't. I notice how everybody is taking the opportunity to character assasinate AP when he's not here to defend himself.

That is (even more) disturbing.

Well duh, of course a constuction of a fantasy personality designed to read only the worst interpretations of someone's speech is going to be disturbing.

I'm not sure what exactly happened.

Secura posted some pictures which were hosted on Photobucket on the .Org. AP (presumably) viewed them, and informed Secura both that he had viewed them, and how to prevent other particular individuals on the .Org from viewing them. AP stated that he could view pretty much any Photobucket account that has sequential filenames, regardless of the privacy settings (Which is a fact, and possible for anyone to do, in theory). AP did not "hack" or "break into" anyone's account. He just bypassed the crummy "privacy feature" which was in place on Photobucket. He then stated that he had done it to people who were not members of the .Org. He also had some joky banter with Cent1, hence my comment that the mods have a "context deficieny". Whether he acessed the account of a mod, I have no idea, but otherwise this is a pretty comprehensive description.

[TinCow]

The only person whose account I am aware of that was "broken into" (to use terrible hyperbole) was Secura's. Of course, if there were others, then that changes the situation, but assuming that others have been accessed is not enough justification for a perma-ban.

Apparently your knowledge is limited then, because AP definitely accessed a Mod's photobucket account. That's not an assumption, AP admitted to doing it.

[Lemur]

Subotan, perhaps it would be helpful if you phrased your concern differently. What would you like to see happen? What would you like the mods to do? What should AP do, and what is his level of responsibility in this situation? Some? None? Lots?

[Cute Wolf]

Apparently your knowledge is limited then, because AP definitely accessed a Mod's photobucket account. That's not an assumption, AP admitted to doing it.

Well...did he will be banned forever?

[Andres]

.Org members post pictures they want to share here at the .Org. Those pictures are often in a photobucket album. By posting one picture of that album at the .Org, said member does not intend to have his entire photobucket accessible by another .Org member.

AP used shady (illegal) software to go the photobucket albums of .Org members to view the pictures those members never intended to share. Said software apparently also allows to see pictures that are put to "private" in the privacy settings of a photobucket album.

He should be very, VERY, VERY grateful that a perm ban is the only punishment he got...

Privacy = holy. Don't touch it. Don't even think about touching it. Don't even think about something that resembles like something that smells like something that could be interpreted as something that looks like touching other people's privacy.

[Secura]

Ummmm, I had wondered why AP had been banned, and had hoped that it wasn't anything to do with me. I noticed that he had been teasing Centurion1 regarding some posts in the Frontroom, commented on his own Visitor's Board and he passed on some advice regarding Photobucket.

I should explain that the Photobucket account I used for hosting the pics I added in the Frontroom and for hosting my mafia game was created solely for .Org. It doesn't contain any personal pictures or anything of that sort, they're safely in a different PB account. I had set it onto Private in the belief that nobody could access it, although AP warned me that people would still be able to access it through fusking or something like that.

I have to ask though; what are sequential filenames? Is that simply naming pictures like "DE1", "DE2" and so-on? All pictures on my PB account have been personally named depending on what the picture is, such as "Bimbo Burgers" or "Angry Edgeworth" anyway. There's seventy or eighty pictures on there (mostly from my mafia hosting) and they're all named as such; no sequential naming at all.

AP just appeared to be offering me help, which I was grateful for; I'm not the most savvy person about internet safety or security and thought setting my PB to Private would be the end of any nosy parkers. I apologise if I got him into any bother. :<

[Cute Wolf]

Ohh.... how could the (even asexual) AP teasing a lady such as you... (except when he found out that you are actually a male )

[Beskar]

I think the guy with the girl-name has a death-wish.

[johnhughthom]

I think it was just more of Cute Wolf's "Cute Indonesian English", I doubt he meant to imply Secura is actually a guy.

[Cute Wolf]

I think it was just more of Cute Wolf's "Cute Indonesian English", I doubt he meant to imply Secura is actually a guy.

WRONG, I actually meant that Secura is actually a guy....