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rangutan Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 34752 Posts: 1044 Posted: 2006-12-07 09:58:00    Over the years at GLOBO I have NEVER heard of any security infringement like this or at all. Possibly Akhila means a message in here GLOBO mailbox or unintensionally gave here private email address to this one-interest-romeo, Ravisingh! I hope staff fixes this very quickly! RR --- Rudolf "Rangutan" Graspointner Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rangutan   andreas Joined: May 02 Points: 8309 Posts: 808 Posted: 2006-12-07 10:30:00    Helo Akhila, thank you for opening this topic. I have looked deep into this as security is one of the main focuses I had in mind while programming this website. Of course there can never be 100% security anywhere - not even in real live when you look at thieves breaking into your houses. I understand also that you are concerned about your private data on GLOBOsapiens. However, there is nothing to worry about. The theft of your e-mail adress like you suggested is unthinkable for me. Like rangutan mentioned there has not been a single security problem during the existance of GLOBO in the past 4,5 years. We even have 128 bit encryption while you login so nobody can steal your passwords during login. Passwords for example are also saved encrypted to the database so even someone finds a way he could do nothing with it as it is not in clear text (like on most other sites!). This is by the way why we sent you new passwords if you loose yours, instead of sending the old one. We just can't because we do not know it ourselfs. As you can see security is one of the top priorities for us. I have tracked the movement of the member you mentioned and found that after registration the only thing he did, is to write 2 emails with offensive content to you and to ravinderkumarsi. He was reading the reply and logged of after that. Due to the offensive text his account was deleted in compliement with the terms and conditions at GLOBOsapiens. Such persons should be reported imediatelly to us via the feedback button, like for example rangutan did - thank you, rudi!. Spam is a main problem on the internet, but as I mentioned your private data at GLOBOsapiens is save. What you should of course not do, is post your email adress on the net inside forums for example. GLOBOsapiens therefore has the contact fuction which seperates the e-mail adress from the content. As long as you do not tell your email adress to somebody, they will not get hold of it. Best regards, Andy Reply    Reply with quote    Contact andreas   akhila Premium account Joined: Jun 05 Points: 4113 Posts: 33 Posted: 2006-12-08 10:48:00    Andy, Many many thanks to you for resolving this issue so promptly and also sending me a very encouraging note in my email. Heartfelt thanks for this encouraging email from you and my special thanks to the members (especially Rudi & Marianne). I do appreciate the promptness with which you have addressed issue and shared the way security is handled on GLOBO and definitely have no qualms or any issues pertaining to your excellent travel portal - both content wise and security wise, it is a fabulous community. And I surely feel more secure here after reading your reply. Your efforts and your personal note, has made me feel so much better and stronger. I shall activate my contact function ASAP. However, I need some time to get over personal issues created by the spam(s) in my personal emails (which is definitely not related with GLOBO ) and before I resume active (though humble) participation on my favourite website. Thank you once again my friends. With best regards from India P.S: "In loneliness, in sickness, in confusion-the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help. It is enough that they exist. Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. It is from these things that it flowers." --- Back with a blast... been such a long time since I was here.. so much to upload .. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact akhila   marianne Premium account Joined: Sep 03 Points: 20248 Posts: 349 Posted: 2006-12-08 10:59:00    Akhila I am so happy to hear that problems have been solved. See you back soon. --- “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Robert Louis Stevenson Reply    Reply with quote    Contact marianne   davidx Premium account Joined: Dec 04 Points: 34719 Posts: 440 Posted: 2006-12-08 20:03:00    Akhila Don't leave it too long or you will find it harder. We shall miss you. Cheers David --- Grieve not for that which you cannot do but rejoice in that which you can. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact davidx