At 10:29 AM -0400 9/30/2008, Charles Davis wrote: > > My zip code *is* my location. > >Unless your Zip code includes the "Optional" +4 information, your Zip >code is an area of possible locations.
Sorry, but unless you have a totally generic name, that's just not the case. With your full name and a 5 digit zip, you can be nailed to specific address. Funny thing about address/phone books. At 3:59 AM -0700 9/30/2008, Dan the listmom wrote: >Diane and others: > >The reason for this change in policy, which took place a few years >back, was a few bad apples. > >Although the IP address from which an email is sent gives us a good >idea of roughly where the message was sent from, it's note precise >enough to determine exactly which city, town, township, county, >village, etc. a person resides in if we need to contact the local >police/sheriff to report fraud. > >If you're not willing to share your name and location, there are other >places to post your items, but to protect members of LEM Swap, we >require this information. > >Dan Knight, list owner/publisher of Low End Mac Whoa. So, you are taking on the legal responsibility of protecting members of LEM Swap?! That's interesting, and brings up a lot of legal issues / questions - do you really want to go there? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
