Yes I have. I was told by administration here that this is not a secure site. This was several months ago and things may have changed since then, but it does not sound like it.

Not here...but I have had someone break into my computor before and reaked all kinds of Havoc...and I have all the safety features...we ended up haveing to completely replace the computor...wow what a mess that was...we only lost about 2000 initially, but got all that back...with absolutely NO clue who had broke in...everything in that computor was somehow being run thru an ISP in california...well, that computor had never even been out there...I also have been SLAMMED off a site before...a game site by another player...I thought for sure this player must work for yahoo since he was so completely able to block me...but yahoo assured me this person did not work for them and that I had been blocked by a 3rd computor {whatever THAT means}...there are people out there that have dangerous information about computors...and we have so much information stored in ours...is very scarey...

It's so weird...they figured out my password for my comcast account as well. I have the YAHOO email address my email was forwarded to but trying to get thru to Yahoo customer service was a joke; couldn't get anyone live.
I'm vacillating between disbelief & being livid. We now are going to close our bank account & open a new one, stop paying the bills on the internet, etc...
I just can't figure out how they got to me other than our unsecure info on DS.

Thanks for the info Leslee, this is worrying indeed. That's all you can do though is change your account. Why do ppl do this?? Utterly dispicable to pry into other's business. Really hope you can sort this out, best of luck, Owlxx

I just googled my username and it pulled up my profile here. It even had a post that I made here on FM. And I could go right to my acct info. That is where my email address is. This isn't a secure site as I thought. I don't like this one bit. But what can we do besides quit being a part of this forum?

Before I registered here, I opened a new email account just for DS. I don't use it for anything else. My daughter suggested I do that as a precaution.

No need to panic. I owned a computer shop for 5 years so pretty computer savvy.

1. Your email account is NOT shown on DS ever. Nobody has access to it ever. The only way they'd have access to it is if YOU give it to them.

2. Your profile, hugbook, journal, photos and communities you've joined ARE shown. This is not a completely private site.

3. Posts and replies are NOT shown unless you sign in.

4. You can sign up using phony info and anon email accounts such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail etc.

5. eBay and PayPal will NEVER ask you for you to do a password renewal, VISA update, account update etc. NEVER click on ANY emails that are requesting this info. Chances are, this is how they got access to your computer. It's also illegal and should be reported as Phishing to both companies, the police etc.

Things to do to be more secure.....

1. get a free Gmail account and use it to sign up to everything.

2. Get an antivirus and keep it updated.

3. Keep journal entries private and don't give out your personal email.

4. NEVER click on any attachment from someone you don't know. It could be a virus. If you don't have an antivirus installed, you could run into all kinds of malware, viruses etc.

Any other questions or concerns, please ask. I don't mind.

whew thanks carrie..good to know..was worried when i read this thanks leslee for info too...something to think about precautions!!!

Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!

install a good firewall program

i have no money my life isnt all that great .. if someone feels the need to steal my identity or whatever have at.. i dont have a bank account and noone in there right mind would give me a creadit card..lol

I just Googled my user name and only got two hit. Both were DS but were from people giving me hugs.

Good luck getting your stuff squared away. Identity theft is truly scary.

I googled my user name and came up with my profile at DS. I was able to click on my account and it had my email address on it. I also had my daughter google my username and she came up with the same thing I did. Was able to see my email address. My hubby is a computer geek and we are fire walled up the ying yang, so I have no worries and I'm with you Sandy if they really want my life they can have it.

Nobody wants to be me; most of the time, even I don't want to be me

Ok, I was wrong. LOL

Your email IS shown on DS. You can edit your account and put someone@anywhere.com or an anon email account. I have Gmail.