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The new pokerdb, an invasion of privacy? (not so much, appar.)

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  1. MrH MrH is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 5:29pm)

    I did a search for the new 'whos viewed' feature, and found post from a week ago in off-topic of a different tone.

    The reason I wanted to make this post was to pose the question of how this new website correlate's a person's search with their pokerstars account name. Allow me to elaborate; lets say you have username 'PokerPlayer123' on stars, and you've always had that account for years.. you decide to try out the new pokerdb at bluff, and register an e-mail address there (same as stars OR different). you make a search or two, and all of a sudden, 'PokerPlayer123' shows up under that player's 'whos viewed' tab. So the question is, how did the website extract your PokerStars username from you (or your computer)? Does anyone know? & if it's done in a roundabout way, without your permission, is that not an invasion of privacy?

    Just wondering what others think, am i missing something here?
  2. 405z06 405z06 is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 5:55pm) in reply to MrH

    I think you should sue, obv
  3. Kajun Kajun is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 5:56pm) in reply to MrH

    I believe that the site uses info from whenever you register. If I were to view your pokerdb you would see that kajunkenny viewed you. Now if you are logged into the pokerdb and you click on "manage account" at the top right hand corner next to your email address it has some personal info about you. Under the Login & Alias Information section you have an alias. I believe this alias is what is shown under the "whose viewed" part of the site. If you want to hide your identity then simply login and change this.

    Hope this helps...

    Also just to let you know, if you viewed someone as pokerplayer123 and then change it to pokerpro123 it will adjust that in the database... even for those viewed before you changed your alias...
  4. ShortyJacksn ShortyJacksn is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 5:59pm) in reply to MrH

    I searched and couldn't find a "PokerPlayer123" that plays on stars
  5. Denty Denty is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 6:17pm) in reply to MrH

    it doesn't show your pokerstars ID under the "who's viewed" section. It shows your thepokerdb login name. When you join, you join with an email address AND a username, and it uses that username for all pokerdb related information. The website itself has no idea what your pokerstars name is, only your thepokerdb login username.
     
  6. betbrett betbrett is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 6:26pm) in reply to Denty

    It doesn't matter about the 'who's viewed'. The poker db is a invasion of privacy as a general concept. People like it though. Power to the people
  7. pearljam1012 pearljam1012 is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 7:19pm) in reply to betbrett

    The db isn't really invading privacy...all tourney results are displayed publicly on stars for at least a day (MTTs at least). Essentially all it does is collect public data and sort it by the player. Think of it like baseball stats...imagine having to figure out a players season stats using only daily boxscores.
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  8. MrH MrH is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 7:38pm) in reply to Denty

    Thank you Denty (& Kajun), that helps clarify the matter!
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  9. imhooks imhooks is offline

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    Apr 5th, 2007 (4/5/2007 7:47pm) in reply to MrH

    it should lol.
  10. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Apr 6th, 2007 (4/6/2007 10:27pm) in reply to MrH

    Just wait until we open up our n00dz database. THAT, sir, will be an invasion of privacy.
     
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