[Elfsea] RE: [Steppes] Blogs? - OT part

[Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio]

What concerns me about blogs more than anything, and this is only
recently like in the last two weeks, is identity theft.

I realize that it may be way off topic as it is not an SCA matter
but is an offshoot of the SCA BLOG'er dialog.

All these 'surveys' and 'questionairs' that we answer on or off the
blog/mailing lists/private emails if answered specifically with our
details are an open door to the next step of identity theft. It is
on the rise and now those of us looking for work are being targeted
with supposed work applications that are online for an agency
unwilling to disclose their information to us to verify they are
legitiment. There are some that will not verify who they are sending
their information to that will be taken advantage of.

That being said, putting humours spins to them when posting online
to any forum can be a very funny thing to read. :)

Chiara
(online since the 80's)