EVE General Discussion

I have twitter for CCP, and facebook for family. I never update my own facebook page, I just read the updates that hit my inbox, and then call them or send a card as appropriate for whatever just changed. It's like an RSS feed for my family.

if you have a verified email address attached to your account the gm/devs will correspond using that.

i have emails from gm's and devs in response to support tickets in my out of game email and absolutely nothing in-game.

they do ask you for one and its hardly their fault if you haven't provided it.

Same as any other email service: don't send it if you don't want the entire world to have access to it.

On Another side note, anyone view this thread and get the "Gee, I didn't know McDonalds coffee and my private parts don't mix and now I'm surprised, I should sue someone because i didn't know coffee was hot" feel from this thread

Seems more comparable to some of the warnings you see on power tools, like "do not operate chainsaw while intoxicated and holding a muskrat".

that person suffered third-degree burns and was hospitalised for a week

during the case mcdonalds was shown to have known about the hazard for years

mcdonalds also admitted that the coffee wasn't suitable for human consumption

- I don't owe any account on social networks, and never owned them

Forums are a form of social network so you're mistaken.

- I've uploaded exactly 3 pictures of myself to internet

Irrelevant, if your friends use social networks you'll probably find that there's way more than 3 pictures of you on the internet.

- Googling my real name produces 10 results, of which 6 aren't me but persons with a similar 
surname

Googling my real name, with or without my unusual middle name, returns between 42k and 15 million+ results (depending on the exact search terms). I'm pretty sure none relate to me, because A: I generally use pseudonyms and B: when I do use my real name I make damn sure that I can lock it down so it's not publically viewable or accessible to search engine spiders.

- I don't owe a smartphone. My cellular was bought in august 2006 and I still use it

Which makes no difference at all, smartphones don't automagically put your information on the internet, they require user interaction for that to happen

I consider myself a tech-luddite.

It shows in your expectations of privacy on the internet. If you want privacy on the internet you have to take steps to ensure it, not rely on others to do it for you.

And it bothers me that CCP's shoddy corporation mechanics and questionable API pulls end up with
anyone reading my answers to other people asking for personal matters if those persons don't 
understand what "full API" means to *my* privacy and not just *theirs*.

It bothers me that you have an expectation of privacy in a virtual environment where nothing belongs to you, but actually belongs to a third party who can, and will share your details if they see fit.

Specially since there is no warning anywhere.

There is, it's in the EULA as has been posted elsewhere in this thread.

just because it's not entirely obvious - it looks like a normal mail client

i think people'll have a basic degree of trust with the service provider and are aware of the possibility the other person will have access to the mail

it's not at all obvious that the mail may appear to another user

e: durr. that should say "are aware the other person may share the contents of the mail"

i heard drills are used in brain surgery. i guess it's to cover the manufacturer's arse in case some dumb surgery's procerer tries to save a few bucks?

So did the user forget that they had to login to EVE to use it?

At some point, people have to have some kind of responsibility for their own well being. The more you make excuses for dumb behavior, the more if it you get.