would you be worried if you were on this list?

[dobrovdave]

seems there is a leak in AB towers of user names and e-mail addressess.
Did you join pre 2005? are you on the list? are you worried?


http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/test/

[dobrovdave]

and here about it too.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Que stion770190.html

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Suggestions/ Question770198.html

[squarebear]

Nice list. Prepared to be spammed though, 28,000 email addresses is an early Xmas present to a spammer.

[sara3]

didn't we do this to death last night?

and no, I'm not on the list. I checked for some of my friends and they're not on it either.

btw, if anyone thinks they may be there, hit control and f for the "find" (search) function.

[dobrovdave]

It's a huge mistake by answerbank.

[sara3]

so keep plastering it on a public site.. that should help!

[dobrovdave]

I'm just concerned sara that if people 'suddenly' start getting friend invites on myspace, bebo or facebook, not to accept them unless you really know who it is.

That's all.

[dot.haukes]

I should be on the list but
1) I can only read it up to 2002 and then i get a blank page
2) My dothawkes id was cloned in Oct 2005 and so my original was deleted and i registered dot.hawkes.
3) I don't understand what it is, though i know Homer Simpson is on there and he is a regular (well he turns up every few months to say hi)

[dobrovdave]

There are a couple on there that I know, but am not giving names to be on the safe side.
It looks like something has gone wrong with the changeover of data to the new AB 2.0.

[dot.haukes]

yes it certainly does! But now i can't get the new registrations up, last night the ones for yesterday were quite clear including the 3 knobby registered using the same mail provider lol not that i would have written the addy down or anything lol

[jno]

Dot, I don't think you joined till after me so you shouldn't be on the list (and you aren't), there's only an Icemaiden Hawkes and a couple of others. So nobody will ever guess your real name.

[dobrovdave]

Of course not Dot....................lol.
why would anyone want to do that??
;-)

[dot.haukes]

I know i was here in october 2005 because i was cloned on my birthday that year 31st october, i still have the screenshot of the thread i think, though on my old PC not on this laptop.

[dobrovdave]

just found this on their privacy page........................what a laugh.

What if The AnswerBank changes its privacy policy?
We will let you know by making any alterations clear on this page.

[IAMWORRIED]

I would like to say sorry to everyone who i panicked-- or not panicked lol-- but i was upset and angry at first and panicked.
after a few drinks and a friend calming me down over the night i realise i overreacted at first with my post.

not everyone before 2005 is on the list. it seems just a random selection or maybe people that got baned are not on it.

i have seen that it is a new day and so all yesterday joiners have now gone but i am seeing a new joiner today so i think it clears the days joiners everyday and starts again with the next day. :(

sorry if i paniced and sorry to leggy who irritated me yesterday too. altho i still think u were irrational and nasty i shouldnt have rose to it and sorry for what i said about you. i was just a mess last night :(

[squarebear]

This is why I always use a disposbale address to register on sites such as these. That way if I get any spam to it, I know where it's come from.

[leggysreturn]

I am vindicated.

I am sure this is some complex hoax.

I suspect you are somehow involved.

If you have my email addy that merely proves it.

Nice try , must try harder : o)



NIL POINTS

[B00]

I'm not on the list, as I didn't join until June '05, but I fail to see why anyone should be worried?

It's an email address, not your bank details for heavens sake, let's get some prospective here.

[IAMWORRIED]

Boo -- because i use my email address for facebook and myspace and if you put my email address in you can see pictures of me and my family doing that.
some people on here are already going through the list and searching for them on facebook and it is working that way :(
and also some people use their full names in their email addresses too. whether that is right to do or not they do it still thinking that a site like this would keep it secret and not let everyone see it.

[B00]

So create a new facebook account then if you really are worried!

What is wrong with people? Get a grip! It's email addresses- no more, no less. It takes about 2 minutes to create a brand new sparkly one that you can be as secretive with as you like.

To be brutally frank, if this is all you've got to worry about in life, then you're a very lucky person indeed.

[leggysreturn]

boo this is a sh1t stirrer

iamworried posted the list and since that velvetee has gone to facebook and searched users and i guess others have
im not on facebook and anyone putting stuff there welll hell mend them theyve been warned not to put pictures etc as they can be seen.


this ia m worried character posted my email addy here , well an old one i dont use now


last night even though its not on the list !!


so the sooner the editor removes all this crap and stops feeding this troll.

and it is a troll as it says its in disguise and is another user here


take what it says with a pinch of sh*t.

its a stirrrer and a bore