[BVARC] Our email list is publicly available?!?!?!?!?

D. Howard Bingham ke5apj at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 3 19:22:28 CST 2021


The use of_*INDIVIDUAL PASSWORDS should be required to access MEMBERSHIP 
LIST*__*S*_.

If you use your ARRL address, be aware that REPLIES to messages using 
the ARRL address, will be from YOUR ISP address (NOT ARRL>)

Likewise, all that's needed to access your street or mailing address, is 
to access the FCC Database & lookup your FCC assigned CALL SIGN,

everything that's on the LICENSE APPLICATION IS PUBLIC RECORD.

If you don't want your street address and phone numbers to show up on a 
highway billboard, BE AWARE IF YOU PUT IT IN YOUR LICENSE
APPLICATION, it's there for everyone to see.

*Perhaps a BVARC member who is a LAWYER can explain LIABILITY ISSUES.!*

D. Howard Bingham

ke5apj  😷

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On 2/3/2021 7:41 AM, Mike Hardwick via BVARC wrote:
> I will be checking on this today.
>
> Mike Hardwick
> President
> BVARC
>
> On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 07:39:10 AM CST, John Mechura via 
> BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote:
>
>
> You may also go to the bvarc website and click on the membership 
> roster and scroll around for your info.
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 7:16 AM William Elliott via BVARC 
> <bvarc at bvarc.org <mailto:bvarc at bvarc.org>> wrote:
>
>     I'm a month into the club and my info popped up too.  I'd rather
>     that not be publicly posted.
>
>     -K15MKV
>
>     On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:28 AM Kori Rahman via BVARC
>     <bvarc at bvarc.org <mailto:bvarc at bvarc.org>> wrote:
>
>         Hello all!
>
>         So I just did a Google search of my call sign (which I will
>         not be stating again) and the VERY FIRST thing that came up
>         was my personal email to the club list. I was... kinda shocked
>         and surprised. I was under the impression these emails were
>         for club members ONLY. Apparently this email list is posted to
>         the public and I'm concerned about that. I have personal
>         information in my signature (name, phone number etc. which may
>         be used to send me spam calls) that could easily be parsed by
>         an algorithm... This seems like a major security issue to me
>         and should be fixed. I have to wonder who is sending these
>         emails to this website??? If the club is doing this they
>         should inform us that anything we say on this list is not a
>         private email but a public statement to all of the internet
>         and everyone on the planet.
>
>         I would appreciate some feedback on this and how this email I
>         sent to the club was posted publicly on the internet for all
>         the world to see.... Maybe this is the intent of the club, but
>         I will certainly think twice about sending anything out now
>         and censoring my email signature. This must be laid out
>         clearly to all new members.
>
>         One of many offending post:
>         https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/msg09908.html
>         <https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/msg09908.html>
>
>         The use of the word "Private" is extensive in this page I was
>         sent with my welcome to the list:
>         http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
>         <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org>
>
>         Look.... I'm not SUPER diligent about reading absolutely
>         everything I get, but this seems like an extremely important
>         thing to tell folks... I've been a member for about 2 months
>         so maybe this has been brought up before. I just feel there
>         needs to be more transparency if this is how it is.
>
>         - My call is in the offending link
>
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>
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>         http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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>
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