Comments on: Autodesk, please turn the discussion groups off NOW http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/09/25/autodesk-please-turn-the-discussion-groups-off-now/ A strange mix of AutoCAD, music, image manipulation and video Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:02:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Earl Kubaskie http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/09/25/autodesk-please-turn-the-discussion-groups-off-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Earl Kubaskie Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:55:09 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/?p=207#comment-2006 I wasn't given a choice for my subscription center ID - it was assigned to me as my email addy. The subscription center is private, so no big deal... But on the discussion groups the posts go out over NNTP. Many users have set up sigs under their mail/NNTP client that actually give their name - and for some that name is now associated with an email address... and maybe the name and address of their company... Steve's right - this exposes you to an increased spam load at least. It also exposes your email address in context, which could help phishermen come up with something that might fool you. There may already have been some attempts - a thread on the AUGI CWC forum has been going about emails some have received subjected on the website login change, with links... but the emails don't come from Autodesk and something smells phishy. I wasn’t given a choice for my subscription center ID - it was assigned to me as my email addy. The subscription center is private, so no big deal…

But on the discussion groups the posts go out over NNTP. Many users have set up sigs under their mail/NNTP client that actually give their name - and for some that name is now associated with an email address… and maybe the name and address of their company…

Steve’s right - this exposes you to an increased spam load at least. It also exposes your email address in context, which could help phishermen come up with something that might fool you.

There may already have been some attempts - a thread on the AUGI CWC forum has been going about emails some have received subjected on the website login change, with links… but the emails don’t come from Autodesk and something smells phishy.

]]> By: Steve Johnson http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/09/25/autodesk-please-turn-the-discussion-groups-off-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Steve Johnson Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:32:24 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/?p=207#comment-1954 I know my Autodesk login ID is an email address, so I would guess it's the same for many. My visible user name is different, though. The Autodesk discussion groups are splattered with lots of email address user names, and I can't imagine so many people deliberately providing their email addresses as visible user names. I know my Autodesk login ID is an email address, so I would guess it’s the same for many. My visible user name is different, though. The Autodesk discussion groups are splattered with lots of email address user names, and I can’t imagine so many people deliberately providing their email addresses as visible user names.

]]> By: Robin Capper http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/09/25/autodesk-please-turn-the-discussion-groups-off-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 Robin Capper Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:19:20 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/?p=207#comment-1953 I wonder if this because people used their email addresses as a username? I wonder if this because people used their email addresses as a username?

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