Indefinite Bannings

[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.