Private message came up on a search engine
08-10-2014, 06:33 AM
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Private message came up on a search engine
Boy was I shocked this morning. I was doing a search and a Quilting Board private message showed up and anybody could read it.
How do I stop this?
How do I stop this?
08-10-2014, 06:44 AM
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I've never heard of this before. You should contact PatriceJ and see what she says. She is the board moderator.
08-10-2014, 06:46 AM
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This happened on one of the private boards I use to be a member of. It turned out the administrator of the board changed the private setting open so she could read the pms of all the members and the search grabbed one while she had it open. I'm not saying this is what happened here but remember nothing is private online, not even emails.
08-10-2014, 06:48 AM
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I have seen threads come up on Google. What search engine were you on. QB or Google?? I would contact PatriceJ immediately. Wonder if this has anything to do with sites that were hacked by the Russians.
08-10-2014, 06:50 AM
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This is disturbing! I hope this was a single isolated incident.
08-10-2014, 06:57 AM
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A person could better off to just use ones own email whenever possible.
08-10-2014, 07:00 AM
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This has me concerned. I hope we learn more about why this happened.
08-10-2014, 11:16 AM
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I, too, am concerned about the chance of PMs being read by admin or anyone else, here or otherwise. The very reason they are called "Private Messages" is because they should be PRIVATE. If, by some wild chance, there is a glitch - I won't call it anything else - in our own admin settings, I feel we should be informed. That applies to any board we may be registered on.
Praying this was a unique incident,
Jan in VA
Praying this was a unique incident,
Jan in VA
08-10-2014, 12:08 PM
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would you please tell us which search engine you were using and which search words you were using? thanks
08-10-2014, 12:39 PM
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I would think the smart thing to do would be for KarenR to send the link of where she was directed to PatriceJ. Please, let's not panic until facts are known.
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