asterroc | Etsy privacy violations

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If you have an account at Etsy, either for selling or buying, I suggest you log in, go to settings, and change your privacy settings. Everything you do (buy, sell, rate) is now publicly viewable and is being logged in search engines, including associating your real life name (if entered) with your username.

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/03/etsy-users-irked-after-buyers-purchases-exposed-to-the-world.ars

Good call! I wish they wouldn't try to make it into a social network site :S

I wish "social network site" didn't automatically mean "privacy violations". I blame Zuckerberg for that.

*nods sagely*