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it probably means any unconfirmed usernames will be available, so if i dont click the link to confirm my account, my username will become available to a new user signing up, make sense? Lots of forums do this as some people setup accounts and never use them or only for spamming, it weeds out those usernamesWhat exactly does this mean: "Those unconfirmed accounts will be removed from the list and the username will be released to the public"
Released to the public? WTF? Those are not words to use on a site like this.I don't want anything I do here "released to the public".
Smuggler
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I also received an email about a RIU newsletter and haven’t seen anything on my User Notification, RIU announcements or anywhere else.
So I started doing a search on the site and found this thread and read it.
Good! It’s from RIU….BUT…
A question of “why all the anger” arose earlier in this thread and I thought I would reply as to why I am quite concerned about this whole deal. Not angry, just concerned.
Because I’m still behind the Iron Curtain in the US and by necessity, I have to be cautious.
RIU may have some bulletproof firewalls to keep hackers at bay but how about the newsletter company that ALL our email addresses were given to? How’s their security with their employees, their system and their backup logs and records?? With an outside company, there really isn’t any way for RIU to control their actions or security, is there?
Even if you do proxy an email address through gmail or yahoo or some other mail server, your ip travels with the "reply to" email if you’re on your home computer. So, they end up with tons of MJ IP addresses, served up and ripe for the taking.
THE PROBLEM… Just one religious zealot, criminal or cop wanna-be in their ranks at that other company, would be all it would take to regin desaster on us all. In most cases, with both small & large IT businesses, a rogue employee could copy the info and more than likely, NO ONE would be the wiser. I hope you know the people at the newsletter company VERY WELL.
This is why I’m concerned and I think I’m justified. It's about more than just a newsletter.
I won’t be responding to the email, if that means that I’m out, then I’m out. Thanks for putting up with me this long and you will be missed.
Thanks so much for this great site, Smuggler
So I started doing a search on the site and found this thread and read it.
Good! It’s from RIU….BUT…
A question of “why all the anger” arose earlier in this thread and I thought I would reply as to why I am quite concerned about this whole deal. Not angry, just concerned.
Because I’m still behind the Iron Curtain in the US and by necessity, I have to be cautious.
RIU may have some bulletproof firewalls to keep hackers at bay but how about the newsletter company that ALL our email addresses were given to? How’s their security with their employees, their system and their backup logs and records?? With an outside company, there really isn’t any way for RIU to control their actions or security, is there?
Even if you do proxy an email address through gmail or yahoo or some other mail server, your ip travels with the "reply to" email if you’re on your home computer. So, they end up with tons of MJ IP addresses, served up and ripe for the taking.
THE PROBLEM… Just one religious zealot, criminal or cop wanna-be in their ranks at that other company, would be all it would take to regin desaster on us all. In most cases, with both small & large IT businesses, a rogue employee could copy the info and more than likely, NO ONE would be the wiser. I hope you know the people at the newsletter company VERY WELL.
This is why I’m concerned and I think I’m justified. It's about more than just a newsletter.
I won’t be responding to the email, if that means that I’m out, then I’m out. Thanks for putting up with me this long and you will be missed.
Thanks so much for this great site, Smuggler
firsttimer1
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I get the already activated message too...
JustinTempler
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reconfirm
doc111
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All you have to do is open a hushmail account. Go into 'my rollitup' and edit e-mail/password. Change your e-mail. You will get a confirmation from RIU e-mailed to you. Just click on it and it will take you here and say something like "This account already exists" or something to that effect. That's it. Done! If you are worried about your e-mail account, just don't log into it for at least 3 weeks and it gets deleted. It is free to sign up and takes about 2 1/2 minutes. Not difficult or sketch at all.
tyler.durden
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I'm still in! Keep my account alive
UncleMylar
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Is there a way to just smell all our fingers, see if we belong?
Test us...I am putting a ph strip under my tongue...
ummmm...tastes limey.
In my day, we would roll seeds down album covers.
Ok, we had a thing called 'album covers'.
Ok, we had a thing called 'seeds'.
(Ya know, for 3 months I thought the name of this site was 'rollity'.
and I thought it was a strange name. Now I dig it. Means...jittery, ready to get out of work and spark one up. No driving, wait till you are home in front of Raymond reruns.)
Test us...I am putting a ph strip under my tongue...
ummmm...tastes limey.
In my day, we would roll seeds down album covers.
Ok, we had a thing called 'album covers'.
Ok, we had a thing called 'seeds'.
(Ya know, for 3 months I thought the name of this site was 'rollity'.
and I thought it was a strange name. Now I dig it. Means...jittery, ready to get out of work and spark one up. No driving, wait till you are home in front of Raymond reruns.)
wyteberrywidow
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I updated my email on my account everything is fine now.
Smuggler
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Good advise Doc, I did the Hush Mail thing and feel a lot better about the whole vulnerable to the cops thing.All you have to do is open a hushmail account. Go into 'my rollitup' and edit e-mail/password. Change your e-mail. You will get a confirmation from RIU e-mailed to you. Just click on it and it will take you here and say something like "This account already exists" or something to that effect. That's it. Done! If you are worried about your e-mail account, just don't log into it for at least 3 weeks and it gets deleted. It is free to sign up and takes about 2 1/2 minutes. Not difficult or sketch at all.
You guys need to understand, it isn’t about RIU, it’s about subpoenas and Feds busting down doors kinda shit.
Smuggler
You hit the nail on the head Smuggler. I work in IT and what you say is absolutely true and this does expose all of us even when we create an anonymous email account. I knew I shouldn't have opted in but I didn't think it through as much as you did and you're completely right, this is not a good idea at all. There are many other ways to handle this situation and putting us all at risk so that a few advertisements can be sent our way to raise revenue for the site seems wrong.
A much better solution would be an online newsletter post right on this forum site, it could even have ads in it and be only available to people that are active.
monkeybones
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You know you're feeding a paranoid community something pretty wibbly wobbly. Give it some more thought Rollitup. I don't see a point in outsourcing ANYTHING one this site. If you need a load off your servers, beef up your servers. I'm sure you make plenty enough on advertisements from fellow Cannabis culture websites. I am not doing this until there's been enough time for the early birds to either croak or toke. I won't be one of the suckers that jumps into this before we know for sure. IP addresses are IP addresses and well, guess what, you're giving them to someone other than yourselves, and you're expecting a distrustful community to just trust you.
monkeybones
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And additionally I don't think you're ready to drop the 75% of us that are too paranoid to do this, either. Are you? Maybe you need the time to see how few people actually go for it to realize that the percentage is probably this high. I bet it is.
Best regards to the Rollitup staff. I don't mean to sound too distrustful or indignant, but boy, what'd'ya expect XD
Best regards to the Rollitup staff. I don't mean to sound too distrustful or indignant, but boy, what'd'ya expect XD
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