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Add privacy warning to faq about forwarding email from your username@dreamwidth.org address
Title:
Add privacy warning to faq about forwarding email from your username@dreamwidth.org address
Area:
privacy
Summary:
In the faq (http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=196&q=forwarding&lang=) it is implied that forwarding email is a privacy concern, but it's not explained why. I would like a sentence added explaining that doing so may reveal that address to other users.
Description:
This is one of those things where a moment's thought will tell you the answer, but I didn't think, and other users may also be ignorant about the risk:
Don't forward your username@dreamwidth.org mail to an email address you do not wish connected to your pseud, because if it bounces, the person who emailed you will get an auto-reply containing the private email address.
I learned the real life name of a fandom friend this way.
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
47 (100.0%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
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Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)
(I have no opinion)
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(Other: please comment)
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