> > > > I think I prefer availability to password unless it is my tree. > > > > After all many of my facts were given to me by others. > > > > > <snip> > > > I wouldn't want the password - the more viewers the better. > > > > I like the "view but not accessible" except by me. Is that a > > function of .jpg? > > > > [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) > > This seems to be a continuation of the discussion on > soc.gen.computing. As I said there, circling Robin Hood's barn > looking for a more satisfactory/satisfying solution to your publish > but protect desires has resulted in nothing more than a deepening > rut, largely because your choice is to publish with some risk that > somebody might harvest and misuse your information or not to publish > at all and avoid the risk. > > The solutions put forward here and on s.g.c all say very much the > same thing: if you put your information on the web there's > currently no way to absolutely guarantee it will not be "stolen" and > misused. You can make it more difficult for the potential thief > through passwording, through unusual formats or through limiting > what's readily viewable and accessible. All such solutions involve > some degree of hoop-jumping on both sides, however, and you have to > decide which hoops and who jumps most. Which is to say, you have to > determine the degree of risk you're willing to accept and make your > decision based on that and what's presently feasible. > > As you seem to have a military background, I'd suggest you approach > the problem as a "decision paper": state the problem, then examine > the possible solutions and their pros and cons. Your conclusion > should be as objective as possible and apparent from the problem > statement and discussion. > > Bob Melson <[email protected]> I'm not sure why this is giving you a problem, Bob. There are several ways to avoid reading my posts on this type thread. I certainly would use one if I already knew everything there was to know on the subject. Several possibilities have been mentioned. Even though I suspect there is no way other than a password to avoid harvesting I want to know more about the suggested possibilities. And you last paragraph is interesting. You suggest I state the problem, examine the solutions and draw a conclusion. That's precisely what I am doing. I feel no compulsion to abide by your time frame to conclude. I have decided on my method but people are still responding to me and I'm not going to ignore them. And military is correct - I enlisted as a boot seaman at age 17 and retired 33 years later as 0-5. I was headed overseas in the summer of 1945, the Japs heard I was coming so they surrendered. There may have been other coincidental reasons. Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)