Wanted Zipcode - Part 2
By petersum
@petersum (4522)
United States
November 14, 2010 12:35pm CST
A lot of mylot members didn't believe my last post! Mylot is giving crap American "offers" and "coupons" when you try to log in. So this time I am including an image, actually a screenshot. I hope it works since I haven't posted an image before!
First of all, this site knows my real name! Mylot isn't preserving your privacy!
Second, it has my date of birth! Or almost, because Americans reverse the day and month.
Yet it doesn't know that I live in Greece and we don't have US style zipcodes!
MYLOT is spying on you folks! And selling your personal details.
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2 responses
@RamRes (1723)
• Argentina
14 Nov 10
Obiously, you don't know how the web works, from both a technical perspective and a social too.
Technically, MyLot has stored on its database all your personal data you entered. Sorry to say you, your browser is NOT responsible for those autofills, not here at least. When you login and those spams are shown, the MyLot script autofills those fields with those data. That's the only thing it does. It does NOT send them. Remember, filling a web form isn't enough to send data, you must actually press the "submit" button. MyLot is doing only putting data there (which you can modify if you want), the same you can do with your keyboard, but it's not sending it. That's your task.
From another point of view, the web is an insecure place. MyLot can be hacked and all info stolen. MyLot can sell the info like many websites do. But those spam offers aren't a proff of it, they have nothing to do with it. If MyLot is really selling it, no one would realice it until our mailboxes are full of spam. If you're really concerned about your privacy being invaded, enter fake data like all us do in most websites. This is the correct way to fill a form with personal data:
User: chose one
Pass: chose one
Real Name: a
Last Name: b
Address: c
City: d
Zip: 1234
Country: your real one (they've got your IP, there is no point in lying here)
So there is no harm in putting such kind of data if you're paranoid. And that web form fill is not any conclusion on MyLot spreading out our data. Neither is it spying on us (that's the CashGopher task), as you're giving them your info, they're not taking it by force.
@huihojustin (604)
• United States
14 Nov 10
Those are just autosaved stuff. MyLot does not keep this information. It is really hard to explain, but just trust that myLot doesn't steal your information. I am absolutely 100% positive.


