paypal and blackhats
January 22, 2010 08:32PM
[Originally pm'ed to JAGS]

I've been thinking about the way we have paypal links on every page.

I think once we have 10,000 pages and 10,000 users, etc. we're going to have at least one mischevious or "blackhat" type, including a bot, who will go around pointing them at this:
[www.orangutans-sos.org]
or, more likely, into their own pocket.

This is a cat and mouse game which is utterly impossible for us administrators to enforce.

I think from this point on, we'll encourage users to keep a link to their paypal account on their own home page, because we can have a script keep an eye on that, lock it, or warn users that it has been changed.

All this is tentative and experimental, and there is no policy on it yet.
[objects.reprap.org]

The short version of all this is:
Don't be surprised if the paypal links on pages disappear.

I do encourage you to use your RepRap homepage for this:
[objects.reprap.org]
and we may be able to provide a subdomain
MrJagannathan.reprap.org eventually.

This is a good place to discuss these matters if you have any thoughts or questions:
[dev.forums.reprap.org]

Regards,
Sebastien
p.s. Thanks for uploading those files.
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