I agree, but I think the solution is use of session and/or cookies if you want to persist some user state -- that should achieve what you want without exposing private information. If you want an easy login experience, you might also consider something like Janrain or your own OpenID login. Anthony
On Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:04:46 AM UTC-4, peter wrote: > Anthony, this is exactly the culture I am questionning. Why force > everyone to register because a small number of people are concerned > about someone else pretending to be them to see their choice in a cart > (slightly paranoid I would say). They are welcome to have their > concern, they can register. I guess I should have a message when > asking for their email, saying that if they want full security then > register or login. > > Peter > > On Aug 25, 2:13 am, pbreit <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was actually referring to the situation where in the future you link > any > > prior orders to a newly created account based on email address. It > sounded > > like you might have been considering that. > > > > But from a conservative info privacy standpoint, Anthony's concern might > be > > an issue as well.
