I registered on FoldIt with an email account that has only been used once before, anywhere.

I have now started getting emails directly to that account with requests to join a group (team) on foldIt.

This is a serious privacy and security issue that needs attention. PMs to the Admin on the FoldIt site on this topic have not been answered.

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Proudly Banned from Predictator@Home and now Cosmology@home as well. Added SETI to the list today. Temporary ban only - so need to work harder :)



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I receive EMail notification from Rosetta when a PM is sent as well. It does not mean my EMail address has been disclosed to anyone.

Players are invited to teams either by EMail address (which noone would have in your case) or by user name. So, obviously you user name was used.

You should request the ability to opt out of being invited to join groups, and perhaps PM the owner of the group and express your displeasure with their recruitment efforts. But there's no security exposure here.

This is not a science topic, nor really a computing topic, so I've moved this thread to the cafe.

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There were no PMs from whomever this was, so this was not an email notification of a PM. It was a direct email. I have the email address of the sender, but won't post it here for obvious reasons.

I don't believe there are any options for opt-in or opt-out of email notifications on FoldIt, but that doesn't even apply in this situation.

I receive EMail notification from Rosetta when a PM is sent as well. It does not mean my EMail address has been disclosed to anyone.

Players are invited to teams either by EMail address (which noone would have in your case) or by user name. So, obviously you user name was used.

You should request the ability to opt out of being invited to join groups, and perhaps PM the owner of the group and express your displeasure with their recruitment efforts. But there's no security exposure here.

I would this is as relevant as any of the other FoldIt posts in Science. (FoldIt 404 ?) It seems to be the only place it's being discussed.

This is not a science topic, nor really a computing topic, so I've moved this thread to the cafe.

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Proudly Banned from Predictator@Home and now Cosmology@home as well. Added SETI to the list today. Temporary ban only - so need to work harder :)



"You can't fix stupid" (Ron White)