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Big Brother
Who is watching who? Is it 1984? Surveillance tactics, privacy issues, etc.
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General Discussion.
I had never noticed before that online members could track, precisely, what other members who are online are doing!!
On the Home Page, to the right, and at the top is a listing of who is on line, and one can click any of the names and a "View Profile" of that member opens and shows pretty specifically what activity that person is engaging in at that moment.
For instance, it will show, by name, what thread you are viewing, and what thread, by name, you are replying to, if you are replying.
It will show if you are viewing someone's Profile, "Private Messaging," or Starting a Thread, and in what Forum, and so on, and so forth...
Has this feature always been here?
Why is it here?
I would definitely like this feature disabled from my handle.
May I have my doings on suijuris forums un-monitorable, especially by other members please?
It seems a little of an infringement on my privacy here.
I do not want any other member to be able to click on my handle on the list of who is online in that section of the Home Page and have my Profile show enabling any member to TRACK me, and what I am currently doing.
Whose business is it whether I am sending a Personal Message, replying to a specific topic, viewing a Profile, finding all posts of a particular member, starting a thread in a specific forum etc.?
I do not want to be tracked.
Cyber stalking!!??
I neither want, nor need to "SEE" what any other member is specifically "doing" while online, and do not at all relish the fact that my activities can be monitored by all other members who are online.
Has it always been this way?
If so, why?
If not, when did this start, who started it, and why?
I do not like it one bit!!!
It does not seem right.
Can my PM's be monitored?
If so, by whom?
If so why?
If so, have my PM's been being monitored?
This is not a good thing.