[Zexture]

Convo is a great alternative to discord and it's great to have everything in one place. I've been using convos whenever possible to deal with everyone I know from HF. One thing I want to know is, can HF just read my convos or PMs whenever they wish? Also, when is it acceptable for Staff/Mods/Admins(other than being forced to do so legally) to read my convo or PMs

[Charger]

What a funny thread. You have zero right to privacy. If Omni wanted he could post everyones convos in plain text.

[BreadMaker]

Would be interested in the answer to this, i would say they wouldnt read/check ur convo unless there was a community alert or something serious that theyd consider closing an account for

[Dorrance]

You remember when you signed up, you should of read that fine print.

[webdev77]

Staff cannot read PMs and Convos without you forwarding them directly to one of us. Administrators should be able to view/edit any site content they wish but have far better things to do than read your messages. Note that HF rules still apply to PMs and Convos, so don't be doing anything against site policy because members can and will report.

[Lrrr]

Staff cannot read PMs and Convos without you forwarding them directly to one of us. Administrators should be able to view/edit any site content they wish but have far better things to do than read your messages. Note that HF rules still apply to PMs and Convos, so don't be doing anything against site policy because members can and will report.

Staff maybe not, but admin yes. (Unless the database are both somehow securely encrypted AND encrypted at rest.)

This is a public forum, you have zero right to privacy here. The data held in this website can be viewed by Omni at any time for any reason.

[Charger]

Are you insinuation that the conversations and PM's in the database are both somehow securely encrypted AND encrypted at rest? I doubt it.

This is a public forum, you have zero right to privacy here. The data held in this website can be viewed by Omni at any time for any reason.

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He’s saying staff don’t have access to read it.

[Lrrr]

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He’s saying staff don’t have access to read it.

Does omni count as staff?

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He’s saying staff don’t have access to read it.

fixed just for you bb

[Charger]

Does omni count as staff?

No.

Does his userbar say staff or admin?
Admin = global moderation- admin panel
Staff = global moderation - no admin panel
Mentor = sectional moderation - no admin panel

[Yin Yang]

It’s not encrypted, no. Sry

[Lrrr]

No.

Does his userbar say staff or admin?
Admin = global moderation- admin panel
Staff = global moderation - no admin panel
Mentor = sectional moderation - no admin panel

I FIXED ITTTTTTTTTTTTT

[Nas]

Does omni count as staff?

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fixed just for you bb

I actually made a thread for all Official Usergroups on Hack Forums.
https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5957042

[FBIRandom]

I FIXED ITTTTTTTTTTTTT

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[Omniscient]

. One thing I want to know is, can HF just read my convos or PMs whenever they wish? Also, when is it acceptable for Staff/Mods/Admins(other than being forced to do so legally) to read my convo or PMs

Only Admins can read your PMs/Convo. After 12 years of running HF the only times I need to do so are when problems are reported. Normally it's spam, harassment or sometimes it's confirming a screenshot from a Deal Dispute.

I got no interest in reading private member communications.  I thought about allowing E2E Encryption but I'm almost positive members would not know how to correctly use it.  We have a real problem with 2FA which is relatively simple to use.  E2E would require public/private keys to be made and correctly added.  Loss of keys would mean loss of access to the content.

HF has encrypted XMPP but that's hardly used by members.

Discord offers no encryption at all btw.

Also one day we might encrypt portions of the database. It's also complex to execute on the backend but would require no changes or interaction from members.  It could partially make HF database more secure but at the cost of some resources. It's also not 100%.

https://community.mybb.com/thread-201850...pid1249339

This is more info on MySQL InnoDB Encryption.

[Lrrr]

Only Admins can read your PMs/Convo. After 12 years of running HF the only times I need to do so are when problems are reported. Normally it's spam, harassment or sometimes it's confirming a screenshot from a Deal Dispute.

I got no interest in reading private member communications.  I thought about allowing E2E Encryption but I'm almost positive members would not know how to correctly use it.  We have a real problem with 2FA which is relatively simple to use.  E2E would require public/private keys to be made and correctly added.  Loss of keys would mean loss of access to the content.

HF has encrypted XMPP but that's hardly used by members.

Discord offers no encryption at all btw.

Also one day we might encrypt portions of the database. It's also complex to execute on the backend but would require no changes or interaction from members.  It could partially make HF database more secure but at the cost of some resources. It's also not 100%.

https://community.mybb.com/thread-201850...pid1249339

This is more info on MySQL InnoDB Encryption.

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