GroErr
Well-Known Member
Hi all, I'd just like to voice some concerns about this site's security. Not trashing the site as it's a great resource, very helpful and for the most part the members are here to help each other out and have some fun.
With a background of 30 years in IT, not growing in a legal area, and general paranoia (particularly after smoking certain strains!), I frequently question some practices on this site and wonder if there are any plans to make it a little more comfortable for members.
Again, let's have a reasonable discussion, not here to trash the site, I understand to takes resources and shit happens, sometimes.... I'd just like understand where it's going and how others feel about some basic security practices.
Myself, I'm only still here because I am in the (IT) field, thereby have a bunch of tools available to me that can manage the holes in security, understand how sites work, and use those tools to reduce any risk associated with posting here. If I didn't, but had an understanding of how sites and internet security work, I would have never posted a single post here. I have access to many tools, servers, like proxies that can hide the source of my location and allow me to post without being traced to my true location. I doubt if there are a handful of people here that can do that though.
A couple of basic examples to start off that would improve what I'm referring to above:
1) Is there any option (I've tried with no success, perhaps under a different URL?) to access this site via https vs. http?
This is a pretty basic security measure which at least forces any potential hacker (including government agencies) sniffing/capturing traffic to decode that traffic, a hassle and additional step/layer of security that becomes a deterrent.
2) When sending/forwarding email from the site to personal mail addresses, more generic or stripped/modified subject lines could be used. Nothing like getting an email with "My Bubba Kush grow".
Again, not an issue for me as I have a separate address specifically for this site and don't access that site/email for anything. But some do from comments I've seen here.
Any comments or clarification (I don't know a lot of details of how this site is setup) from those in the know would be great.
Cheers, happy growing and be safe...
With a background of 30 years in IT, not growing in a legal area, and general paranoia (particularly after smoking certain strains!), I frequently question some practices on this site and wonder if there are any plans to make it a little more comfortable for members.
Again, let's have a reasonable discussion, not here to trash the site, I understand to takes resources and shit happens, sometimes.... I'd just like understand where it's going and how others feel about some basic security practices.
Myself, I'm only still here because I am in the (IT) field, thereby have a bunch of tools available to me that can manage the holes in security, understand how sites work, and use those tools to reduce any risk associated with posting here. If I didn't, but had an understanding of how sites and internet security work, I would have never posted a single post here. I have access to many tools, servers, like proxies that can hide the source of my location and allow me to post without being traced to my true location. I doubt if there are a handful of people here that can do that though.
A couple of basic examples to start off that would improve what I'm referring to above:
1) Is there any option (I've tried with no success, perhaps under a different URL?) to access this site via https vs. http?
This is a pretty basic security measure which at least forces any potential hacker (including government agencies) sniffing/capturing traffic to decode that traffic, a hassle and additional step/layer of security that becomes a deterrent.
2) When sending/forwarding email from the site to personal mail addresses, more generic or stripped/modified subject lines could be used. Nothing like getting an email with "My Bubba Kush grow".
Again, not an issue for me as I have a separate address specifically for this site and don't access that site/email for anything. But some do from comments I've seen here.
Any comments or clarification (I don't know a lot of details of how this site is setup) from those in the know would be great.
Cheers, happy growing and be safe...
I'm not overly paranoid, just when I smoke sometimes 
Definitely agree with the too small to worry about post but would feel better sometimes with some basic security and discreteness on these sites... It would likely help maintain and attract some members that are paranoid conspiracy theorists like the some of the one's you mention above - lmao
