It is exactly our choice and it will relate to the kind of having more privacy. Morover those who are not joining any bounty programs. I do agree that I also prefer to hide my forum email in my profile. And for some people here, they may not use their exatc email similarly in their registration profile email and in the bounty spreadsheet.
This will not be a big matter. But once more, this is an option to be more privacy. So, fhere is nothing wrong with this.
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What is the point of hiding your email for registration here, if your email [email protected] can be found in bounty spreadsheets. I am 99% sure you have used that email to register here 
I doubt that could be it; even if it is, the OP must have other active emails that he/she uses for bounty and everything else relating to this forum. I also don't see any point in going through the spreadsheet to search for the Ops email to prove a point.
The point is - if you are here to teach someone, start from yourself. What is the point of telling how important it is to hide your email, when you flash yours?
Privacy is very important that is why the forum already set hiding mails as default so that problems of account hacks can be minimized because if the email is exposed many people will attempt to try their luck to hack into users account.
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I think that the best security rules would be to register a new mailbox for each service on which you register. And of course use different strong passwords for them.
Previously, there were bounty companies where you also had to connect Facebook, Instagram, and of course Twitter. Everyone has seen your addresses, all the information about you. At the same time, it was unwise to use a new account - it was appreciated how many subscribers you have, which means that people connected their Main accounts. The author of the post is right - you need to try to spread a little information about yourself.
Unfortunately, in my case, this will not work - because I am an Artist, I am a public person.
Now I can guess right about where the emails containing the series of malicious links come from. They always ask to update my metamask wallet with links to follow. This is really helpful for us as newbies.
You can also use another email for this forum, that is also what I am doing, I have different emails for different platforms and social media accounts. There is no sense in hiding your email address here because it is only an email, but then if you dont want to you can do what the OP's saying.
If you are using different email, try to make different passwords for each email as well, do not use one password for all the emails that you are using that is risky.
All these things are personal matters. In this case, if you think that you will use multiple email accounts in different places, that is your personal matter. But the most important thing in this case is that you must remember the password that you use for multiple emails. If you forget any email password then you will be in trouble. In this case, I want to tell you that if you create multiple emails, it is better not to give different passwords. Because what do you do when your phone is broken or stolen? Then you cannot recover it in any way. Again, if you want to work here, you have to create accounts on different websites, you cannot remember them by creating different passwords. Write in the notebook If your notebook is stolen then all your efforts will be in vain. So whatever you do, do it carefully. If you are using different email, try to make different passwords for each email as well, do not use one password for all the emails that you are using that is risky.
Yes, I remembered that (email hidden by default), If I want to create more new accounts here, 1st time I have to do is hidden online. For me (hidden online), it's 1 thing crucial also for your privacy. So when people look at you Online, that is possible (if they try to scam you) and they will message you.
Forum account: security, privacy, and recoveryThe forum cares about user privacy so default, email address is hidden. It is user responsibility to show it and forget to hide it later.
About the Online status, I know what you meant but if someone targets you, he will send you a personal message no matter you are online or offline. Mostly scammers will use newbie account to do that, so as a prevention, you can turn this on off "Allow newbies to send you PMs." in Personal message options.
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I just remembered when I was still a newbie, someone message me suddenly when online. he spoke at length where the point is to invite me to join the investment. But, because I was still a newbie and don't have money, I ignored him.
Usually, DM first and send invitation to join investment, ask you to send money first is very possibly scam. 
When one creates an account, there is a default setting that makes email hidden; it's only when one goes to the settings that you can manually activate the make email public option.
Yes, I remembered that (email hidden by default), If I want to create more new accounts here, 1st time I have to do is hidden online. For me (hidden online), it's 1 thing crucial also for your privacy. So when people look at you Online, that is possible (if they try to scam you) and they will message you. I just remembered when I was still a newbie, someone message me suddenly when online. he spoke at length where the point is to invite me to join the investment. But, because I was still a newbie and don't have money, I ignored him. 
What is the point of hiding your email for registration here, if your email [email protected] can be found in bounty spreadsheets. I am 99% sure you have used that email to register here
Sometimes people doesn't use their main email for bounty, and another purpose of making their email used for creation of bitcointalk account hidden is because of hackers, and besides people who hackes email does not value email that doesn't have a merit, so I believe that, they are only targeting a grown-up account so that they can sell to another country person to use, so it's advisable to hide your emails, because checking across no prominent user of this forum the email is not hidden via the profile, I think they have a tangible reason that is in place. Bounty managers expect their participants to know some basic security tips such as having multiple email addresses,
To be honest just few percent of newbies will know about it, most of them use their main email address for all registration, which at the end their email address might even be complicated and everything connected to the email address will be affected. Some managers always request for email address but they are always making sure it’s kept hidden and not public on spreadsheet, but we shouldn’t trust even the bounty managers, some low managers might end up selling hunters information to scammers even if it is not published on spreadsheet. But I know reputable managers won’t want to spoil their reputation so they won’t wan to do that. The best thing to do is just have separate email address for bounty activities. 
It is your guess that can be correct or inaccurate.
If a person is seriously about security and privacy, he will use a specific email for important registration and account. Obviously, email for bounty or unimportant things should be a different email. I agree that most of newbies will use same email for many different things both important and unimportant.
Before, I used to leave my email address set to public video until one day I read a topic like this and then I weighed the pros and cons. There was just too much to lose having built my account from the ground up. Losing it would affect mental health. In addition, we know that a lot of people are on this forum with different motives and intentions so one cannot be too over careful. If you are a newbie, please follow the OP's advice. Hide you email address even if do not understand it yet. If a person is seriously about security and privacy, he will use a specific email for important registration and account. Obviously, email for bounty or unimportant things should be a different email. I agree that most of newbies will use same email for many different things both important and unimportant.
You can also use another email for this forum, that is also what I am doing, I have different emails for different platforms and social media accounts. There is no sense in hiding your email address here because it is only an email, but then if you dont want to you can do what the OP's saying.
If you are using different email, try to make different passwords for each email as well, do not use one password for all the emails that you are using that is risky.
If you are using different email, try to make different passwords for each email as well, do not use one password for all the emails that you are using that is risky.
Some managers are high rank members of the forum, it will be better if they can adjust their rules, I see no reason why they should publish users email address and telegram username on spreadsheet, even if they need those details, it should be kept private not public where everyone can see and copy it, am sure lots of people will have been scammed just because managers publish their details on spreadsheet and scammers were able to have access to it and the scammer will start communicating with the user.
Bounty managers expect their participants to know some basic security tips such as having multiple email addresses, you set them apart, some for trusted websites, some throwaway ones for untrusted website and for public exposure, thus whenever you receive an email in your throwaway email addresses, you'd be extra careful how you'd handle them, and you might just decide never to open any email received in it. Having said that, next time one wants to apply in a bounty that requires posting your email address, let them use their throwaway email address, and as for your TG username, do not respond to unsolicited messages if you receive them. 
I didn’t notice if it’s always hidden by default, I was just going through my account recently and I came across it, then I decided to check if people can see my email, after making sure that it’s hidden, then I decided to start thinking about risk associated with leaving your email address public. With your email public, your account can be easily hacked, am sure most newbies might not even know this.
Your account email will be hidden by default, so you don't have to worry about that. But if you deliberately display your account email in your profile after setting your preferences, then it means you have considered the risk. But you know, some users only use disposable emails for their accounts, so they are not too worried about the risks. But of course it will make it difficult for them to recover the account if it is hacked or stolen.A security tip to prevent you from being exposed to risky threats is to not display your sensitive data anywhere online. Consider not posting your active email anywhere, and preferably using a different email than your account email if you decide to register on some other online platform. This will prevent your main email from getting spam or phishing, so I think you should know about it.
Well, when we create an account on bitcointalk, the email visibility is hidden by default and therefore we do not need to experiment with its settings. Some people may make their email visible and there could be number of reasons for this. For example someone offering any service or selling any goods and may want his email to be visible to everyone so people can contact him via email too.
I didn’t notice if it’s always hidden by default, I was just going through my account recently and I came across it, then I decided to check if people can see my email, after making sure that it’s hidden, then I decided to start thinking about risk associated with leaving your email address public. With your email public, your account can be easily hacked, am sure most newbies might not even know this.The signature campaigns especially the bounties, does not care much about the privacy of the individuals as they often ask for Telegram, Emails when filling the bounty spreadsheet. And those sheets are publicly available for anyone to get the emails / telegrams and use them for advertising stuff.
Some managers are high rank members of the forum, it will be better if they can adjust their rules, I see no reason why they should publish users email address and telegram username on spreadsheet, even if they need those details, it should be kept private not public where everyone can see and copy it, am sure lots of people will have been scammed just because managers publish their details on spreadsheet and scammers were able to have access to it and the scammer will start communicating with the user. 
After creating forum account here, some of us do make mistake of leaving our email public, some people don’t really know about this so after creating account, they just start using it without changing email visibility to private.
but I think what we have to worry about and we have to remind beginners is that they have to register/provide an email that is different from the one registered for an account on this forum if they take part in a bounty or something that requires providing an email address as a condition for joining. although it seems that even without warning, beginners are also aware of this. but it never hurts to give each other attention and advice.
After creating forum account here, some of us do make mistake of leaving our email public, some people don’t really know about this so after creating account, they just start using it without changing email visibility to private.
Well, when we create an account on bitcointalk, the email visibility is hidden by default and therefore we do not need to experiment with its settings. Some people may make their email visible and there could be number of reasons for this. For example someone offering any service or selling any goods and may want his email to be visible to everyone so people can contact him via email too.
We hope that in the future signatures will stop requesting data publicly and some of them are encrypted in private messages.
The signature campaigns especially the bounties, does not care much about the privacy of the individuals as they often ask for Telegram, Emails when filling the bounty spreadsheet. And those sheets are publicly available for anyone to get the emails / telegrams and use them for advertising stuff.
I'm not sure why this forum is specifically mentioned for hiding an email address when it's a thing everywhere on the internet. Just don't leave your email address public anywhere, it will almost certainly be misused in some way. The Bitcointalk forum is no special exception.
There are also bounty campaigns that collect email addresses, I believe that many of them have submitted their primary email address.
Even if you take care of all such things, "hacking" of the user base of a large service happens very often, so you can easily be overwhelmed by spam.
There are also bounty campaigns that collect email addresses, I believe that many of them have submitted their primary email address.
Even if you take care of all such things, "hacking" of the user base of a large service happens very often, so you can easily be overwhelmed by spam.
It was clearly stated by the manager not to use email related to users account, it doesn't take more than 3 minutes to create new Gmail account but lazy bums will still use primary emails, this is the internet and no matter how careful one may be one also left something behind for hackers to use, keeping it completely private on the internet is the most difficult thing to do, those who care about privacy and security don't use social media
Yea, it seems things have changed because when I was a newbie, someone called my attention to my visible email address to hide it. Which I believed was unhidden from beginning. Although, I wasn't the one that created my account, maybe someone that did unchecked the hide email box. I doubt that anyone will like to uncheck that.
Recently, I created an account for someone and the hide email box was checked default. Maybe things are changing rapidly in the forum.
use social media.Recently, I created an account for someone and the hide email box was checked default. Maybe things are changing rapidly in the forum.
Oh, this is wonderful. It should have been checked automatically when we first got here, as many of us had our email addresses exposed, but it's nice to see that the box is now checked by default.
When one creates an account, there is a default setting that makes email hidden; it's only when one goes to the settings that you can manually activate the make email public option. It's only those who are on this forum to advertise their product and don't care about privacy who can make their email public so that their targeted audience can reach out to them through those emails.
Yea, it seems things have changed because when I was a newbie, someone called my attention to my visible email address to hide it. Which I believed was unhidden from beginning. Although, I wasn't the one that created my account, maybe someone that did unchecked the hide email box. I doubt that anyone will like to uncheck that.
Recently, I created an account for someone and the hide email box was checked default. Maybe things are changing rapidly in the forum.
Rule number 1, don't ever use your original email address to open forum account, there us no way to know if anyone is watching you and your email address might be a target, always use an alternative or brand new email account.
Also, this forum automatically makes your email account invisible when you register on this forum, you will have to make your email address visible yourself by activating it in your profile, which is a stupid move to me.
Imagine talking about how much money you've made from crypto investment in a thread and bad actors on here decide to use your email address as a trap for you, they can send malicious emails to your inbox and wait for you to make a mistake by clicking on links.
Also, this forum automatically makes your email account invisible when you register on this forum, you will have to make your email address visible yourself by activating it in your profile, which is a stupid move to me.
Imagine talking about how much money you've made from crypto investment in a thread and bad actors on here decide to use your email address as a trap for you, they can send malicious emails to your inbox and wait for you to make a mistake by clicking on links.
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Hiding email is not important here. If you think I will hide the email then you can hide the email. And if you think I won't hide the email then that's your personal matter. But here if your email is not registered with a strong password and if your bitcoin account is created with the same password of that email then of course you can hide your email. Also, if your email is being used for any good business purpose, you must hide your email. Because later there may be problems for your business site. Apart from that, I don't see any problem. Jump to: