Re: Bbs Security (was Freenet   
     By: Carol Shenkenberger to mrproper on Sat Feb 13 2010 11:12 am   
      
    >    
    >  >  > Not neccessarily true.  If I feel like a SysOp is being too intrusive    
    >  >  > asking me for too much personal information I'll hang up.  And I'm a   
    >  >  > goody-two-shoes.   
    >  >   
    >  > same here.. I don't mind to answer the questions that's required for door   
    >  > etc like sex and birthdate and an email but nothing more than that.   
    >  >   
    >  > why does a sysop need someones address and home phone number? I never   
    >  > understood that..  even if for verification purposes, why would someones   
    >  > physical properties need verified? it's not like they're buying a car..   
    >  > sheesh..   
    >    
    > Everyone is a bit different.  I ask for Name, handle, city and state (or   
    > country), sex, and email.  Thats it.   
    >               xxcarol   
    >    
      
   Hi Carol,   
     That makes a lot of sense. Some information is good for knowing   
   about people. Like age and location. It's always interesting to   
   know where someone is from. What their native language might then   
   be etc. However, the only verifiable information is really the   
   e-mail address. Since few of us use the old copper lines for our   
   computer communications any more, a phone number doesn't mean   
   anything anyway. It would also not make sense to demand that    
   a person _get_ a phone just to qualify for use of a board.   
      
   That said, I still wonder why people need to "sign up" just to   
   find out if the board is even socially acceptable. Some aren't,   
   and they still want all that information from you before they   
   tell you about themselves.   
   /v   
      
      
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