Recent content by jwiechers

Yes, no doubt about that. As said, I like the general feature as well. ;-)

You misunderstood what I wrote (or I didn't make that clear) -- and perhaps that's actually the issue with Slavik as well. Yes, you need to have those in place, monitor things, etc. My point was, that you're not allowed to just go through those files because you have nothing better to do. If you...

Okay, I'll bite. Why not? Your argument rests squarely on that assertion and I don't see why it's warranted. The law doesn't specify a list of services protected but vaguely defines principles applicable when data of a subject is processed or controlled by a third party. The entire 1998 DPA was...

The DPA *has* certain categories that provide leeway with regard to non-profits and other small projects, but any half-way serious forum processes a boatload of private user data on a regular basis -- and thereby is going to be bound by it. But if you think it's different, well, okay, I...

Simple: Because it is, in almost all cases, *illegal* to do that. Just because you can, doesn't mean you're allowed to; just because no one sues doesn't mean it's fair game. Analogy: just because a SysAdmin has full access to a company server, he's generally *not* at liberty to snoop around in...

Sorry, but: No. It'd be great if it was like that in some cases, terrible in others, but it isn't. As I said, most legal systems treat you like a full blown (publishing) company as soon as you host a forum, some do so even if you have just a blog and a couple of 100 visitors. There are some...

I'm certain of that, and never wanted to imply anything remotely like it. You know, I've been administering forums for over a decade, and I know that in the day-to-day affairs, you do a lot of things that, strictly speaking, would require legal counsel -- but if you really took things...

I hope nothing I wrote came across as confrontational, it wasn't meant like that, it's just that these things are rather annoyingly complex and I've had my fair share of intra- and inter-corporate as well as private battling over the topic and so I'm sensitized with regard to the issue...

Whatever gave you that idea? I know this argument has been advanced previously, but never understood why people figured that it was the case. Depending on the jurisdiction, a forum membership is either an actual contractual relationship, semicontractual or quasicontractual, and you're...

Well, let me put it like this: you've got to be creative to find any western country where you're allowed to do what this browser allows, even the US, which is worse than some banana republics with regard to data privacy and whose check-ups on companies who declare Safe Harbor compliance is...

Not to be a killjoy, but this function walks a very fine line if you wish to give it the benefit of the doubt, it flat out violates EU data privacy laws if you don't. You (as a service provider) are *not* at liberty to "keep up with what the users are doing in private conversations", not even...

Absolutely, Kier. I hope you don't take the posts of some of us here, who are just having a bit of fun, as criticism. As said, some of us need 1.1 to switch, but I'm 100% with you, it needs to be solid and we're not really under pressure (at least I'm not), but just eager. :-)

I had been thinking about that, too, and now I can't stop humming that Bryan Adams song...

Amen. I *need* those features, badly. Can't launch without them. :-(

I think it's somewhat understandable, that a lot of people are on hot coals; myself included, I know of quite a few who bought xenforo right after it was released, not to deploy it, but to support the new company challenging vBulletin, and like me, many have several, sometimes dozens, of sites...