Good day all. I am coming in here at the end of a hard day's decorating and reading 93 e-mails (ouch) and can't see what the fuss is about re: passwords and IDs. I "work" for John Pain's syndicate. I completed my first set of transcriptions and sent the files off for checking against the originals. I pride myself on very few typos but the unreadables and doubtfuls when reading from photocopies can be as many as one whole column of page numbers - yeah, I hate them, but what can one do except type what you see, or don't see, as the case may be? These files were then returned just so I could spend an hour online ( and at that time I was paying normal 'phone bill rates on my internet access) in order to replace them on F/BMD. Now, the process is different. I provide my ID and password and after checking, the checker replaces the files on F/BMD with the corrected ones. I don't provide my bank account details, my PIN, my National Insurance or National Health numbers, or any other details that could result in any damage to my well-being. The other thing I don't do is use a password that I use for something else either at work or at home. That would be - let us just say - a bit daft! The good part of all this is I don't have to spend transcribing time replacing files on F/BMD either. Mind you, I will regret not seeing my typing-error rate per page, but that's minor. (If there is a concern that individual transcribers are not mindful of the security purpose of passwords for computers and you fear they may be using their single, universal password, perhaps a warning sentence in the welcome page might not go amiss. After that, it's their problem.) I am transcribing because I enjoy the task for itself, and for that lovely warm feeling of doing something good for one's fellow genealogists. Who knows, one day I may even find the way through my own brick wall on F/BMD. I also ascribe similar feelings to my fellow transcribers. Just in case there is anyone who signed up to put a proverbial spanner in the works, I restrict access to my ID and password to those few people who need to know it for the reasons above. If I can't trust them, who can I trust in this project? With due apologies for being neither brief nor funny - the last few mails on figments of imagination cheered me up no end! Best wishes Anne Cruise problems with the address? personal replies to [email protected] Graham Hart wrote: What I > personally don't like is people giving out their passwords. I would > prefer that they changed them to something for you in this case. Some > people will use their normal password for FreeBMD and so they should be > kept secure. > > John Pain wrote: > > > > >Allan Said -Syndicate > > >co-ordinator uploaded a corrected file but using the original > > >Submitter's ID. Personally I am never happy with that process > > > > Why not??? > > > > I have corrected many files and uploaded to transcriber'sID.

Hi Anne, All you say is fine except that some people will and do use their FreeBMD password as being the same as they use for other things and so we don't want to know it :) The ability to change password is supplied on the login page and I would suggest that peple change their passwords to something agreed between them and John temporarily to get access .. As a project we will always advise that the password you use should not be given out .. clearly we can't stop ti ! .. but we would not expect it to happen. Both Ben and I work in the security area of computers and Ben is an expert in field of Security :)) As an individual you may feel ok to give out your passwrod, that is your prerogative, but we should provide alternate methods so it is not necessary. There are people who are uncomfortable about it and we have lost transcribers because of it ... Apart from that, I agree with the email :)) and thanks for the work you are doing :) Cheers Graham Anne Cruise wrote: > > Good day all. > > I am coming in here at the end of a hard day's decorating and reading 93 > e-mails (ouch) and can't see what the fuss is about re: passwords and IDs. > > I "work" for John Pain's syndicate. I completed my first set of > transcriptions and sent the files off for checking against the originals. > I pride myself on very few typos but the unreadables and doubtfuls when > reading from photocopies can be as many as one whole column of page numbers > - yeah, I hate them, but what can one do except type what you see, or don't > see, as the case may be? These files were then returned just so I could > spend an hour online ( and at that time I was paying normal 'phone bill > rates on my internet access) in order to replace them on F/BMD. > > Now, the process is different. I provide my ID and password and after > checking, the checker replaces the files on F/BMD with the corrected ones. > I don't provide my bank account details, my PIN, my National Insurance or > National Health numbers, or any other details that could result in any > damage to my well-being. The other thing I don't do is use a password that > I use for something else either at work or at home. That would be - let us > just say - a bit daft! The good part of all this is I don't have to spend > transcribing time replacing files on F/BMD either. Mind you, I will regret > not seeing my typing-error rate per page, but that's minor. > > (If there is a concern that individual transcribers are not mindful of the > security purpose of passwords for computers and you fear they may be using > their single, universal password, perhaps a warning sentence in the welcome > page might not go amiss. After that, it's their problem.) > > I am transcribing because I enjoy the task for itself, and for that lovely > warm feeling of doing something good for one's fellow genealogists. Who > knows, one day I may even find the way through my own brick wall on F/BMD. > > I also ascribe similar feelings to my fellow transcribers. Just in case > there is anyone who signed up to put a proverbial spanner in the works, I > restrict access to my ID and password to those few people who need to know > it for the reasons above. If I can't trust them, who can I trust in this > project? > > With due apologies for being neither brief nor funny - the last few mails > on figments of imagination cheered me up no end! > > Best wishes > > Anne Cruise > > problems with the address? personal replies to > [email protected] > > Graham Hart wrote: > What I > > personally don't like is people giving out their passwords. I would > > prefer that they changed them to something for you in this case. Some > > people will use their normal password for FreeBMD and so they should be > > kept secure. > > > > John Pain wrote: > > > > > > >Allan Said -Syndicate > > > >co-ordinator uploaded a corrected file but using the original > > > >Submitter's ID. Personally I am never happy with that process > > > > > > Why not??? > > > > > > I have corrected many files and uploaded to transcriber'sID. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com