Originally posted by monochrome If he is hesitant to reveal himself publicly on a social media forum, heaven help him remain private if he wins the K-1. The entire global Pentax community will know a whole heck of a lot about him.
The issue is much more subtle than that. When I first joined FB, they
required first name, last name, and birthdate. My daughter suggested that I could put in false information, but reading through both sets of rules, I believe Ricoh could invalidate any entry with false information, so that would potentially be a wasted effort, and I could not have enjoyed the contest {and as I indicated earlier, given the odds, enjoyment would be the primary purpose for entering} if I had doubts about the validity of my entry. In the meantime, I have put all in one place, much of the information needed to steal my identity in some form or another. My-daughter-the-librarian has been studying on-line security issues, and has discovered that FB admits to storing various information about every time someone goes to FB, including the name of the computer used {useful for hacking into that computer} and signal strength, and neither of us can come up with a good reason, related to the services they provide, for them to be keeping much of that information, so ultimately I view FB as a security nightmare, and certainly not worth whatever enjoyment I could get from the contest.
To end this on the right note, I do applaud Ricoh for running this contest, perhaps adding to those aware of the K-1 and definitely further lifting the spirits of the Pentax community. It is a wonderful thing for those who are already deep into social media, just not for me.