Re: Bbs Security (was Freenet   
     By: mrproper to Freejack on Sun Feb 07 2010 08:39:39   
      
    >   Re: Bbs Security (was Freenet   
    >   By: Freejack to mrproper on Sun Feb 07 2010 01:50 am   
    >    
    >  > Back in the day it was actually supposed to be collected for mailers and   
    >  > things I never agreed with. My user databases were always private. Also i   
    >  > someone was doing something illegal on your bbs and you were questioned y   
    >  > needed to know who they were not just a handle. Privacy is a must. If you   
    >  > don't trust a sysop it's like watching tv, change the channel. Alot of th   
    >  > standard was in place before caller ID also. So verification was a must.    
    >  > well that was then.   
    >    
    > yeah, lots have changed since then, I could understand why someone back in t   
    > day would need to do it, but I still don't agree with it. I did'nt ask all t   
    > questions on my BBS back in the day, and to keep the trouble users out I did   
    > offer porn, warez, or anything like that. and I never had trouble.   
    >    
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    > Tim Smith (Mrproper)   
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   Agreed there, I also used to use it to send out formal invitations to christmas   
   party and other events I used to have for BBS members. So it has it's pros and   
   cons. Right now mine does it cause I haven't changed it yet been nusy getting   
   files in place. I hopefully will be changing all that.   
      
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