Privacy First
Well Dolphin 7 is almost released, but we must not make a big mistake and ignore a big problem: User privacy..
If there is no 100% privacy then there is no privacy at all, if there's a hole in the dam, the whole structure will collapse and everything on it's path will be destroyed.. we let this thing go, everything will go wrong..
So related to some unpleasant experiences of one of my friends on a local social network and including sammie's story:
http://www.boonex.com/unity/blog/entry/OK_Boonex_let_s_talk_about_photo_albums_2009_03_23
..we must admit that things can go beyond normal imagination..
I know there are a lot more similar situations and even more creepy than this.. so before we start partying and everything, we should be sure that when a member wants privacy, will get privacy..
If a member registers and after a month decides to make his profile private but Googlebot already visited that page... the Google cache will make that "private" profile very public.. or as sammie said if the files are "private" on the website but can be downloaded with a web spider we are also having a big problem..
In my opinion the best way to get 100% privacy is to give members their own 100% private folder in which they have stored their photos, videos, music and everything else.. no indexing and no downloading with offline browsers.. everything locked, accessible only via the website and only if the member desires..
Will the new Dolphin provide 100% privacy?
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
as a woman i see a lot more issues than men, why? because as a woman i am targeted by sexual preditors, i have been here on boonex.com (i'll talk about one of those guys below).
Because Dolphin is used for many different types of sites, Privacy is a #1 concern and privacy should mean 100% private, safe and secure.
About the stalker from boonex.com, this guy is sick, he sent me threats to me and to my site and my sites members. he posted my photo and see more
Sammie sorry to hear about your ordeal.
we all have to suffer if something goes wrong, so our power stays in our unity, let's discuss this, let's argue, let's fix what is there to fix.. there's no question Boonex did a great job, but testing and suggesting things is our job, let's do it as we should..
Sorry for the thumb down. My mistake :-(
Of course this was a thumb up I was wanting to vote ;-)
I too believe that a members privacy is of utmost concern. If dolphin does decide to make privacy a major concern, myself and many others running any of the 6.1 versions would greatly appreciate a privacy upgrade to support the individual folders or whatever is decided upon to ensure proper profile privacy.