I don't see it as security, but a mild form of privacy--anyone who wants to, can see the obscured content (obscured, not locked), but someone has to *want* to see it. Or want to see something related to it (like that person's other posts, or other posts by people who use the same journaling site).
I suspect there's no way to separate it from the concept of "security." I might describe it a kind of super-cut-tag: "only readable if you click here," where "click here" means "sign up for the service." Cut tags aren't for security; they're a way to keep distractions from people who don't care to read what's inside right now. "Lock to logged-in users only" is a variation on that. On 2/5/09, Ruth - thewhiteowl <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew Ducker wrote: > > Abby Banks wrote: > > > >> That way, my friends > >> and family can see my travel posts, but not the fandom ones (unless they > >> were to decide to set up their own account - which is unlikely) > >> > > > > I really feel that this kind of "security" is going to be the cause of > > more drama than anything else. > > > > People will start to rely on it and then Aunt Wilhemina will decide to > > sign up so that she can leave a comment on her darling niece's journal, > > and then suddenly she'll see that Snape/Dumbledore slash and things will > > go downhill from there. > > > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > > dw-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss > > > > > > Yep. It's too much security-by-obscurity, which is not to be relied upon. > > _______________________________________________ > dw-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss > -- "I follow Eris blindly in all things. That She is the Goddess of Chaos simplifies this immensely." -- Christian the Pagan _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
