| what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | Hanmaboogie | 7/2/09 8:58 PM | My friend was messing around the other night and did a google search on my username. She came up with some sites I had accounts on, but then this one site (http://bluntastic.com/profile/Hanmaboogie) popped up. I have never heard of this place, much |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | rwmtiger | 7/2/09 9:01 PM | edit your password. don't give info out to any 1. as for remove them. there no way. edit your email too. |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | rwmtiger | 7/2/09 9:01 PM | scan for key logger virus too |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | ebbixx | 7/2/09 10:54 PM | They're mirroring YouTube, not pulling any of your personal data. If you need confirmation just click http://bluntastic.com/profile/rwmtiger My channel is mirrored there too. This is possible (but probably not appreciated much in this case) via th |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | rwmtiger | 7/2/09 11:00 PM | oh. well. than forget what i have say. :)) |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | epontius | 7/2/09 11:01 PM | Interesting.... It is now a picture of Suzanne, which is what is on your current YouTube channel. Well...the president is in on it too... http://bluntastic.com/profile/whitehouse Hopefully he doesn't inhale. ;) Actually, you can put anyone's YouTube |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | rwmtiger | 7/2/09 11:06 PM | i can say this. that user know code really good. as long you dont log in there. you be on. i see if McAfee SiteAdvisor willing to do a scan on that web. |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | rwmtiger | 7/2/09 11:07 PM | This site has been queued for testing. Please come back soon for automated results >.< muhahahahaha!!! |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/2/09 11:52 PM | Not entirely true—they are displaying the zip code of US users, which does not appear on the channel pages and is not in the source code for the channel pages. Somehow they're pulling that info from the Profile Setup page. Or somewhere. My own locati |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | Hanmaboogie | 7/3/09 1:05 PM | Thank you all for the feedback! |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/4/09 8:31 AM | Given the seriousness of this breach of security, I'm surprised this thread has not attracted much attention. In the Safety Center YouTube repeatedly warns about revealing where you live on your YouTube channel, and many, if not most, users choose no |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | YouveNeverHeardOfUs | 7/4/09 8:37 AM | It's displaying the post codes of GBR users! |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/5/09 7:40 AM | Still waiting for an answer, YouTube. Why are user postal codes and ZIP codes available to the public, even when users elect not to reveal where they live? How did this happen? |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | anmoose | 7/5/09 10:47 AM | @ GibsonAndVega, do you seriously believe that any YouTube staff member is bothering to read this thread? |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/5/09 10:57 AM | Frankly, no, but once in a while "Liz" actually gives a useful answer here, although I suspect she is an Indian call center droid and not a YouTube staffer. I'm bumping this thread mainly to warn users that the information in their account is not sec |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | epontius | 7/5/09 11:24 AM | Perhaps I was wrong about the screen scraping... From reading about YouTube's Data API, you can retrieve user profile information using calls... The system will provide a lot of information back, including the zip code. http://code.google.com/apis/yo |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | YouveNeverHeardOfUs | 7/5/09 11:31 AM | Ok, so anyone can just get your post code? I don't think that's fair, or even legal. |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | epontius | 7/5/09 11:54 AM | How is Lowestoft NR337TH this time of year? I would imagine, that somewhere in all that legaleese we skipped over when signing up for our accounts, we've agreed to allow it to be available. As GibsonAndVega mentioned...you could always remove it fro |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/5/09 1:34 PM | You can do that NOW, but the damage has been done. The information is out there on the 'net and will never go away. Whether it was legal for YouTube to make that info public, it certainly was inconsiderate and rude, and hypocritical in light of the a |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | YouveNeverHeardOfUs | 7/5/09 1:37 PM | I searched for mine on Google maps and it gives the pinpoint location of my house. Let's say I had accidentally let slip I was going on holiday some time, I could easily be burgled. |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/6/09 5:46 AM | TTT |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/7/09 7:25 AM | I previously asked: |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/8/09 9:49 AM | I tried removing my ZIP code from my Profile Setup page a few days ago. It still shows up on "my" bluntastic profile. As I said, the damage is done. |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/10/09 8:29 AM | I have corresponded about this matter with Nancy McBride, National Safety Director of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and it seemed from her replies that she was concerned. If others wrote to her, perhaps that would help to get |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | GibsonAndVega | 7/13/09 8:18 AM | Bump |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | poto | 10/8/09 10:21 PM | |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | ebbixx | 10/9/09 6:11 AM | |
| Re: what is bluntastic.com and WHY do they have my youtube user info... | JDoors | 10/9/09 5:49 PM |