LP,

I was concerned when I read that about people's usernames being linked to message boards and I thought I would see what happened when I typed in a username+message board and was shocked by how many members names would take you to the DB Freeboard login page. I guess I shouldn't be shocked but it was a little unnerving to me at least.

So I guess it makes sense for security purposes that some may need to change names. If you belong to several message boards or use your username here for other purposes I would advise that you DON'T give out any identifying information because I was pretty darn freaked out when one user's name took me to an add for a property rental that included a pretty clear identification of the area where that person lived and an email addy for them.

I am not suggesting that people get all freaked out over this but to just use common sense. Not everyone in "cyberland" is on the up and up. The idea that someone here was being "stalked" is troublesome. It has been brought up again and again that you should not give out your email address to just anyone. I learned, and fortunately from someone that I do trust, just how easy it is to get a person full name from their email.

Be careful out there.

Jilly