Warning to Etsy users -- both buyers and sellers

[mzrowan]

Thanks to drwex for the heads-up on this!

Etsy has quietly made every profile searchable by real name and made every profile's history of purchased and favorite items public. So if you've ever shopped on Etsy for something you wouldn't want your boss or mom to know about, particularly if you gave the site your full name, go there now and edit your

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[lightcastle]

Well, I will have to decide how this affects whether or not to put my mom's art up there.

Thanks for the head's up!

[lightcastle]

Why did I just put an apostrophe there? *sigh*

[mzrowan]

Which email address did you use for them? Buyers can be searched by email address as well.

[misskitty_79]

Yup. I just logged in & found the following notice: "Your purchases are private on Etsy. Learn more."

[misskitty_79]

Of course, now that I'm there, I'm looking at all the shiney I could own, if only I weren't broke... ;)