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Poster: sydneydux Date: Jan 27, 2024 11:00am
Forum: general Subject: Recommend implementing a Plan B

Some improvements have been made by IA, such as no longer showing email addresses of those who upload items on the listing of all pending tasks.

To protect my email address privacy I did a Plan B by creating a new member name using a readily available free email service. Such a Plan B may be the only way to ensure your primary email address stays spam-free-ish. The Plan B email address can likely auto-forward to your primary address.

I guess it's just another case of live and learn to protect yourself online. For example, we all quickly learn to use PayPal or other alternate payment methods rather than give out our credit card number. When I bought my 1st new car in 20+ years, worthless OnStar insisted on a cc number, to which I give them my usual replay of "my lawyer tells me to not give out my credit card number." For some reason OnStar hung up quite quickly when I said that. I guess they don't like having customers who aren't pushovers they can gouge for an overpriced service no longer useful in the 2020's.

Live & learn, and state your concerns in a forum hoping that improvements are implemented. That's about the best we can do.

We thank you for letting us members know we have to be careful here using our primary email address.
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This post was modified by sydneydux on 2024-01-27 19:00:33

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Poster: Ada-Kaleh Date: Jan 28, 2024 4:25am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Recommend implementing a Plan B

> I guess it's just another case of live and learn to protect yourself online.

No, IA developers need to fix this. It is a damn serious issue and it's completely dumbfounding that it remained unaddressed for so long.

I've sent an email to info@archive.org. If they don't reply, what else can we do to get their attention?

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Poster: sydneydux Date: Jan 28, 2024 3:30pm
Forum: general Subject: Easy to answer

"...what else can we do to get their attention?"

Simple.. donate a shipload of money.

[Muttering to self... I hope I spelled "shipload" with a "p" and not a "t."]