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Fergzter

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  1. Actually, any device that's connecting to the Groundspeak infrastructure to do anything, whether that's viewing the website, accessing caches through an app, or sending messages, will have an IP address that Groundspeak can record. You can't be on the internet without one. I fully realise you can't be on the internet without an IP address however for example you are using the wifi at the local McDonalds or the local library, then the IP address reflects this. You are not able to be identified. In the same way that if you are accessing premium caches using the app, your user name will not appear in the audit log for the CO. Here poses another problem. Lets not forget mobile dynamic IP and IP blockers, VPN etc etc
  2. Problem is that with the intro app is that they can enter a bogus email address eg. sadfasdfd@gsdfs.com and it lets them in to log right away with really offensive logs. At least putting in a email address to generate a token on initial registration would slow it down as they would need an actual existing email address before it allows them to post logs. It would get pretty tiresome if you needed to generate an actual valid email address every time.
  3. Any access to a new system should involve some level of verification. Even if this happens in an app store for the app stores authentication purposes it still needs to happen with Groundspeak as the user is accessing a new system.
  4. Sounds like another americanocentric attitude to a global issue. How does a lack of email validation, or spam control contain itself to national boundaries.... This cannot only be happening in Australia. So if its only happening here then its a cost of doing business..... Yep.... Bet if it were happening to you or on GS front door the attitude would be greatly different.
  5. A very minor inconvenience it must be said.
  6. Just to update, it was reported to the Authorities. But I need to leave it at that. Hopefully everyone understands why.
  7. I should add a note to all the above. Groundspeak and our local reviewer were kept in the loop through our spate of dodgy logs and activities. Whilst slow to begin with once they realized what was going on they were really good an supportive. However it must be said that the micro management of each issue was an issue in its own right. Would it not be better for the system to be able to reject logs and suspend suspicious activity/logging instead of relying on a human to do it? If at least for the purposes of data collection to better fight these issues in the future which is inevitable.
  8. @Touchstone In my area we have had an utter biblical flood of vulgar logs, logs posted with porn in them, logs threatening harm to geocachers, logs threatening rape to geocachers. Not one or two logs.... literally hundreds of them. I would love to send you a copy if you want to see them but they are not suitable for the public forum. Now these people were able to create a flood of accounts using the intro app which requires no actual email address. No recording of details... NOTHING. I tested it myself and I can log a cache with a new unverified account within 30 seconds. One can report and get a user locked but it only takes another 30 seconds to make a new account and away they go again. Things like Unique device identifiers needs to be recorded so that specific devices (mobiles, tablets etc) can be locked out of the system. Prevented from creating, viewing, logging anything on those devices. It would be very expensive for a person to keep it up if they have to get a new phone to do it from each time. Of course the most persistent person would probably figure a way around it in the long term, but at least they would have to put some actual effort in. Offering a suggestion like below Is not particularly helpful when you receive dozens and dozens of these logs. A report user button would make it alot more efficient than micro managing each log one by one. Its a big data world and a big data solution is needed.
  9. Implementing a valid email check would at least show that Groundspeak can actually do something rather than doing nothing which seems to be the current course. Apart from filtering logs for links and bad language checks I would also like to see an easy to use "REPORT USER" function in Web, App and Email (found it notifications etc) so it is easier to report and for GS to see what is happening out there. Whist we cannot change a persons initial behavior it would be nice to make them accountable for it.
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