Etsy Users Beware

[tapati]

Etsy exposes user information without warning.

Excerpt:

What would you do if you registered on a site to buy something, only to find months later that your user account was searchable and your purchases were exposed? That scenario is currently playing out for Etsy users, who are dealing with the fallout from Etsy's decision to roll out a new

Comments

[danaewinters]

Yikes! Glad you posted this!! I've got to get to my account and start making some changes. Now.

[tapati]

One of my fb friends linked to this and I knew I had readers who use etsy too.

[tapati]

Today they reversed themselves after getting user feedback:

http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/rethinking-feedback-12472/?ref=fp_blog_post

eek

[equani_tsula]

I have an Etsy account, although I've never actually ended up using it. I'm going to post the link on my FB though as I know a lot of my friends are on there. Thanks for spreading the word!

Re: eek

[tapati]

Today they reversed themselves after getting user feedback:

http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/rethinking-feedback-12472/?ref=fp_blog_post

[wlotus]

Oh, good grief...thank you for the warning. I need to check this out.

I can't help but think at some point there will be a social backlash against this new idea of sharing any and all information someone enters on your site. People may stop shopping online as much as they currently do.

[tapati]

Today they reversed themselves after getting user feedback:

http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/rethinking-feedback-12472/?ref=fp_blog_post

[wlotus]

What a relief! Thank you for the link.

[lunaetstellae]

Thanks for posting this; i was unaware, and have gone in to make the necessary changes.