Glen, IMHO, there must be other reasons than paranoia behind this.
It's generally a good idea that someone in the social network knows your whereabouts. In Norwegian mountains, there's a network of self-service cottages for all to use. In every cottage there's a book where you write in who you are, and where you're heading next. A lot of people trapped in bad weather have been saved that way. However, a "virtual village" like a Yahoo! group isn't exactly the kind of forum for sharing such info, IMHO. At face value, the argument about social security is only reasonable if the person has no other social network at all, which seems unlikely if he's able to keep in touch with his models, at least...:-) The consequence of putting that info in a public place is that someone might benefit from learning locations and timing, and from knowing the models' experiences in a particular place. Either he has a hidden agenda himself, or he's too naïve to see that others could reap those benefits. Jostein Quoting Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Today, the photographer who started the group posted a suggestion that > everyone who plans to meet someone else for a photo shoot, should post a > note to that list about the date, location, time, and who they are meeting. > I didn't see a good reason for this, and it seemed like a needless invasion > of privacy to me. So, I posted this one-word reply: > > "Why?" > > The answer that came back made me really sad. The photographer who runs > this Yahoo group actually said that it was in case a model or photographer > goes missing, the police will have some idea of their whereabouts, and who > they were with on that particular day and time! > > Am I the only one who thinks this is reckless paranoia at work? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
