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E-mail address-based privacy customization
Short, concise description of the idea
Allow LJ users to allow create a list of "approved" readers, based on a list of e-mail addresses. Approved addresses would be able to read the posts, all others would be blocked.
Full description of the ideaBasically, I'm looking for a way to keep my child's LJ
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What would keep anyone that knows their email address from just entering it and gaining access? What would secure it against that?
Why can't you just set up a free LJ account for the child's grandparents to log in and read from there? You could even give them a user name that's exactly the same as their e-mail address (if it still is avaialble or fits).
Given that the existing LJ system is free to join and it's much more secure when working from within the LJ system of users and usernames, that some type of "approved" reader list is already done better. The "list of approved readers" format already exists through LJ accounts and friends and filters.
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You have the approved lists of email addresses.
Person enters their email address.
Person is sent an email and must go to an URL generated uniquely each time.
Person when visiting that URL gets cookies and is thus viewed as logged in for that email address. This expires the same way any other login does.
Is this what you had in mind? It's require the grandparents to wait for an email, then go to an URL, before then going to the journal. And I'm not sure that's easier or more intuitive than having a login and password.
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Silly suggestion.
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