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Total lack of security on this site - be careful

Is anyone else worried by the complete lack of security on this site?As well as being horrible to use, with an interface 10 years out of date, the thought that anyone can log on and post messages as any user if they know your email address is, frankly, shocking. No password is needed AT ALL. This is shockingly lax and an unacceptable security risk. In addition the site is not secure to current standards. The site should have been moved to a modern, secure framework years ago. If you use it to post, please remember that anyone can hack your account. All they need is your email address and they're in.

Mark Phillips ● 2690d6 Comments

Mark. This has been raised before  I'd note the new interface that's being trialled does require a password, although as it seems to sit on top of the old infrastructure it's unclear whether it's really that  much more robust - it seems to be down today, perhaps it thinks there's 31 days in June? I'm sure one could put together a case as to why this sites isn't GDPR complaint as in this context email addresses are personal data. (Perhaps that's why the new interface is being tested?)

Michael Ixer ● 2690d

It happened on a sister site to this one.A quite nasty party political activist impersonated me – nothing more really than some mean sarcasm, pricking my pomposity. Nothing big or clever, but nothing to get stressed about.This social justice warrior, however, also took the piss out of my wife. Firstly, you don’t do that to Arab women. Secondly, you don’t do it to Arab women whose family take mortal offence and might act on it (one of them went inside for assassinating a politician).Long story short, an Arab diplomat analysed the activist.

Fraser Pearce ● 2690d

Can you change your email address and delete old one?

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2689d

It’s also a problem if you have a common name as there is no way to tell which one of you is posting. Nextdoor is much better - they make an effort to verify that you are who you say you are and their tech is up to date!

Jane S Smith ● 2686d

Barbara. The online form to change your details seems to let you overwrite the email address but I don't know what happens if you save it to activate the change ...

Michael Ixer ● 2686d

Michael..  Thank you.  I am so inept with my PC hadn't realised there was such a form.  The computer and myself are 2 entirely different species that function together not very often.

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2686d