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Hi everyone,

 

This post would serve as a PSA for what happened a couple of days ago, and a discussion on how we can make things better. I know many of you may have feel frustrated and/or unsafe on OH in the recent time, and I hope we can come together for ideas, on how we can together get over this.

 

First thing first, I want to talk about privacy. As an old-school internet user, I do enjoy the old days of the internet, when everyone only need an email to sign up for everything; there weren't Facebook/Twitter sign in, that would give the sites a glimpse onto your real life identity, to profile you, bombard you with flyers and brochures, to get you to consume and be engaged. OH always has the option to login with your social media accounts, but I am not keen on that. I like my anonymity, and I hope you enjoy the privacy too. The only thing that we know about you, is your display name, and your email address. As of now, I have seen no sign of any data breach from OH itself. I will continue to look, and if you guys do see any problems of leaking personal information please let me know!

 

Which comes to my second point, on the protection of your personal information. OH doesn't request for any of your personal information, but it doesn't restrict you to share your personal information with other people. Please please please keep a vigilant mind before you want to share anything that might lead your personal information online. One thing scary about the internet, is that it keeps everything, and remember everything. Be very careful of what you share on the internet, because once it's up there, it WILL be stored somewhere. Don't do things you might regret in the future. Be careful on what you share with, who you share with. Be careful of what you click on, as there are dangerous people online who look to do bad things, and you do not want to be a victim. This might sound like a rant from me, but remember to take precaution for whatever you do.

 

The last thing I would like to talk, is the practice of doxing. One simple way is to explain it, is the divulgence of the personal info online, without the consent of the person in question. It is considered cyberstalking, which will have real life consequences, and the severity will be on the information being revealed. This is illegal in practice, and I'll be looking into if I can raise up legal consequences on this. I do not think it's in anyway acceptable to do this on any other person. Think about it, and whatever `expose` thing that anyone is looking to do; It's not something funny or cool that you do to impress and gossip with your friends, and those would be things that give you criminal records in the future. Not worth it, IMO.

 

There may have been complaints to me or other staff, on how we were not in time to react to the situation, and how we deal with the situation in general. Please let me know on how we can handle things better in the future(even though, I sincerely wish nothing like this would ever happen in the future). I know we might be a bit lacking in terms of manpower right now, and we are trying to figure that out.

 

This sounds a bit ranty from me, though I hope you guys get the message that I'm trying to bring across. Let me know on any suggestions or ideas you have that we can work on to make it better!

 

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Hi everyone,   This post would serve as a PSA for what happened a couple of days ago, and a discussion on how we can make things better. I know many of you may have feel frustrated and/or unsafe on

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Can Sadmin pls implement a safety filter for links. Someone could easily set up a hacking link that you can click on and the hacker starts from there. The one who was doxxed clearly stated they didn't

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Thanks for this thread.   Okay you mentioned a lack of Manpower, have you considered once again opening a mass recruitment for new staffs?   As someone living in the Asia Timezone, it can be prett

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a few users had their information leaked by someone's dupe

 

OHShit...

 

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what about the data shared through pms. is there any way you, the admin, can access it in case of an emergency?

i have database access so yea i have. 

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Wait, I thought it was only one person?

i thought so too, but another user told me there might've been a second one but they weren't sure. it'd be so random though cause i think that user's main and chantage's main got into some sort of argument that lead to...that

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Thank you for this.

 

Everyone be safe, privatise your social media, change passwords often, use different email addresses and never share your private information with other users such as your address and phone numbers. What happened was the worst I have seen on OH and I hope the users affected have time to heal. I never want to see doxxing on OH again...

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