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Tagged with privacy user-accounts
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I log in and I find out I am another user. What are the privacy implications?
I just logged in after being off for a week and I found out I was in the profile of another user. I understood what happened because some notifications pointed me to this and this question.
I ...
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Exactly which users PII do moderators have access to? [duplicate]
This recent question here on meta has brought to my attention something I never realized before - non-employee moderators have access to some tools that can disclose an user EMail address.
Since I ...
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Area 51 login apparently requires the HTTP referer to be on
I have a Mac on Mojave 10.14.6 (10.15 is newest) with Firefox 69.0.1 (according to Mozilla's website, the current release is 69.0.3).
I just tried to log in to Area 51, and got stuck on the page ...
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How to change my login and login provider [duplicate]
I have been using an authentication through my Gmail account because
many years ago I thought it was a good method from a security standpoint,
(even if the fact to use an E-mail as an account is a ...
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Can someone find my Stack Exchange account seeing my Google account?
Because I don't want people in my Google+ circles to find about I have a stack exchange account (which I login with Google). I'm in many Q&A communities of Stack Exchange, since as Math SE, Super ...
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Why is SE consolidating my accounts against my will? [duplicate]
I am a longtime SO user, but recently I created a new account for Parenting SE. (As in, new username associated with a different email address.) I do this because I use SO and similar sites (Server ...
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Is it possible to have different profiles/usernames across community sites?
I have a couple of sites that I have been using for a while and use in a professional context.
However, there are other community sites I would like to be more active on with asking for help from ...
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Same e-mail after account deletion
If I delete my account, in order to anonimize my content, and then I'd like to register a new user, what's the policy and pitfalls when using the same e-mail account for it?
At first, is it allowed, ...
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Solution for semi-anonymous posts / accounts
I'd like to discuss private / anonymous posts or accounts.
I know, these posts are public, and linked to you in some way or another. Ok, "semi-anonymous", are you happy now?
No, this simply ...
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Staying anonymous with connected accounts
Say I want to join and discuss sensitive topics on e.g https://law.stackexchange.com/ and still stay completely anonymous. Wouldn't this be impossible if anyone could see my other accounts on other SE ...
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Account creation question regarding personal and job use
Will StackOverflow discourage creation of two accounts with one used for personal use and another for job use? Also, what if my co-workers 'mess' with me on stackoverflow?
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Automate account removal and provide full info
To make Stack Overflow great it should not only be very easy to sign up, but it should also be very easy to delete an account. I have browsed my profile and could not find out how to delete my account....
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How do I logout from a non-registered account?
I have a registered StackOverflow account which I normally log into using OpenID. Recently I logged out in order to post a question anonymously (supplying a fake name and of my secondary email ...
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How is the Birthday field kept private?
How is the Birthday field kept private from other users? When is the display field Age changed? Is it changed just on the first of each month or randomly within an random range of Birthday? Original ...
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