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Off Topic Area => The Lounge => Topic started by: mygt350 on August 20, 2021, 09:36:18 PM

Title: Profiles
Post by: mygt350 on August 20, 2021, 09:36:18 PM
Am I paranoid or is there an abnormal number of guests viewing member profiles?
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: Side-Oilers on August 20, 2021, 09:48:35 PM
How would we be able to tell if that's happening?
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: SFM5S000 on August 20, 2021, 09:48:47 PM
Martin,
How can you tell if someone/guests have been looking into our profiles? I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff. Just curious.
~Earl J
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: JD on August 20, 2021, 11:12:59 PM
By clicking on the Guest and Users heading at the bottom will bring up a list of who is looking at what at that time.


Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: mygt350 on August 21, 2021, 10:03:47 AM
Easy, what JD did.
Interesting there were over 100 guests with most viewing member profiles. Right after I asked the question, number of guests dropped by 50 percent and most of those were viewing individual member profiles. Just appeared really strange that many guests were viewing profiles and not individual topics.
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: Bill on August 21, 2021, 10:10:13 AM
As a global moderator on another site not affiliated here, I have access to IP addresses for guests, as such, I've found that quite a bit of what you are seeing has to do with google (and similar search engines) caching and indexing.
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: greekz on August 21, 2021, 10:14:41 AM
Out of curiosity I just looked looked at Guests and Users.  Never crossed my mind of doing that before.  I guess I am not that inquisitive.  Mostly check out the threads to gain knowledge or add information.
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: JD on August 21, 2021, 10:15:18 AM
And some wonder why others don't use their full name, why some go as "hidden" and many limit what they post in their "profile" and "signatures".

Also, consider some may want to know the persons' commenting on topics (for lack of a better term) "credentials".


Look at the "Stats" link - interesting too.
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: 69mach351w on August 21, 2021, 11:03:57 AM
Evidently mygt350, when you mentioned guest viewing member's profile, then the viewing dropped almost to nothing. Strange :o
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: 67 GT350 on August 21, 2021, 11:26:21 AM
OMG never looked at that. Funny! I guess I do not care about that.....thats kinda facebookish....haha...Why is that even needed?
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: FL SAAC on August 23, 2021, 09:45:49 AM
Wow !  that's pretty scary, has anyone consulted with the higher ups? could be a breach in our security

Could be the Afghans....
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: TOBKOB on August 23, 2021, 09:30:11 PM
QuoteWow !  that's pretty scary, has anyone consulted with the higher ups? could be a breach in our security

Could be the Afghans....

Or it could be someone like me who 'fat fingers' every time on my cell phone. I'd bet I pull up someone's profile 40 -50 % of the time when trying to view threads on my cell.   >:(

TOB  :)
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: deathsled on August 23, 2021, 11:06:40 PM
Quote from: FL SAAC on August 23, 2021, 09:45:49 AM
Wow !  that's pretty scary, has anyone consulted with the higher ups? could be a breach in our security

Could be the Afghans....
Title: Re: Profiles
Post by: FL SAAC on August 24, 2021, 09:07:05 AM
Quote from: deathsled on August 23, 2021, 11:06:40 PM
Quote from: FL SAAC on August 23, 2021, 09:45:49 AM
Wow !  that's pretty scary, has anyone consulted with the higher ups? could be a breach in our security

Could be the Afghans....


LMAO  !