Security & Privacy, Personal information, Stolen Identities, Protecting Our Family

When I registered to this board, I was asked for personal information and location identifiers.

For some, this is not an issue, you simply do not care about your security or privacy.

Identity Thieves can browse the board, find a name, location and username. Then cross-reference public records and get the rest of the personal info. Like, um, your ADDRESS, DOB, digging further, SS#, next of kin, family, etc.

I for one am NOT ok with that. I choose to use a pseudonym in real life and on the net on a day to day basis.

Never has this become an issue in the past with all my dealings. I was given 24hrs to give my REAL name, that will be displayed on the open board in clear view for the world to see. Same with my REAL Location city, town. Or else I will be banned and deleted.


There is no feature enabled for the users on this board to hide location or name in the usercp section. We can change our location at will but not name.


I plead with you, all mighty admin. Up your security and protect your user base. Having our REAL NAMES and REAL LOCATION in plain sight is NOT Fair or safe.

If scamming is the issue, you have the IP and that is more than enough to have the authorities get their investigations in hand.

I searched for the right subform and this was really the only one I saw or found that fir the criteria. There was not a 'Board Suggestion' section.




Please, everyone. I encourage you to voice your opinion on this matter and take better precautionary steps with your privacy and identity. voice your opinions and concerns here.