13 replies to this topic

[Pitcrew6464]

in a bid to cut thefts of our mini's make the forum private so only people registered and signed in can view it.


there are to many innocent people that are having mini id's stolen from photos we post up.

so please make itr private.

keep up the good work tmf mods

[dougie1142]

i like this idea....

[The_Mistro]

wont work, they will just sign up!

[Git]

Can you not remember how quick and easy it was to join TMF in the first place...?


Sorry to put a dampener on the idea, but if someone wanted to scour this site for a mini, it wouldn't take much.

EDIT... beat me...

Edited by Git, 14 June 2009 - 04:43 PM.

[tommy13]

Unless you want to show your address in your "about me "page I dont see how a potential thief would find his way to your car from any posting on here. There is nothing to stop thieves becoming members either. What evidence do you have that thefts are linked to posts here?
With the exception of the late Coopers they have always been one of the easiest targets on 4 wheels. Don't get me wrong, my son runs a Mk1 as daily transport and I worry about this, but I feel it's better to dwell on prevention as I think this would be the best deterrant.

Edited by tommy13, 14 June 2009 - 04:51 PM.

[Pitcrew6464]

was just an idea lol

[tommy13]

Please ignore my last post I misread part of the original post. surely you could get an ID from a number of other sources ?.

Edited by tommy13, 14 June 2009 - 04:54 PM.

[Pitcrew6464]

thefs can use your reg for fuel thefts

[Jordie]

If you are worried about things such as that pitcrew, you need to take all the steps you can to prevent it.

Such as
- blanked regs on photos
- general region rather than town or village in the location field on profile
- take photos which dont show any landmarks, places of work, houses etc which could easily be identified.

People join this forum after reading posts and topics, so making the forum private could damage the amount of geniune people joining here for there mini kicks.

How many minis have been stolen or ID's used from information found on forums? I dont know of any.....?

Good idea in ways, but in practice I dont think it would work...

[Pitcrew6464]

fair play jordi good point about genuine people viewing before joining!

[Jordie]

This is what its all about. Work through ideas from different points of view to make the forum better

So thanks for posting the idea.

[998dave]

Two options, delete your reg from your photo's.

Not sure if pictures can be hidden to non-registered users.

[stardude]

im pretty sure, photos hosted by the forum are not visable to non members, but photobucket hosted photos are

[Ethel]

Your security has to be your own responsibility:

Even if we took DNA samples off all members, there's nothing that can control where forum content can end up with just a simple cut 'n paste or screen grab. The only safeguard is not to upload sensitive info in the first place - see Jordie's advice.