Some time ago, I posted my public ket here and someone posted back the email addresses that were linked to the key. Since then, I have been getting emails from Google Personal search, all mentioning BBS sites

example:

We found new results about you

2 new search results match your name and personal info. You can make a request to have them removed from Google Search.


Synchronet https://smtp.sestar.synchro.net/msgs/msg.ssjs?msg_sub=fido-pkeydrop&message=69 Message: Re: My New GPGP Key - The SouthEast Star - Synchronet Found 9 Jul 2026


So if someone posts a key here, don't mention the email address. I get these emails once or twice a day, every day

Sean


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Hello Sean Rima!

** On Thursday 09.07.26 - 21:41, Sean Rima wrote to All:

Some time ago, I posted my public ket here and someone posted back the email addresses that were linked to the key. Since then, I have been getting emails from Google Personal search, all mentioning BBS sites

It's not "here" that's the problem. The problem is echos that are in general open to the non-fido public, courtesy of bbses that allow unrestricted access.

Synchronet https://smtp.sestar.synchro.net/msgs/msg.ssjs?msg_sub=fido-pkeydrop&messa ge=69 Message: Re: My New GPGP Key - The SouthEast Star - Synchronet
Found 9 Jul 2026

Yes.. Synchronet bbses make that easy.

So if someone posts a key here, don't mention the email address. I get these emails once or twice a day, every day

But note, that the public key will contain the emails (or names) in the block. So anyone can just run gpg -d <file> against it and see the same content.

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August Abolins wrote to Sean Rima <=-

Hello Sean Rima!

** On Thursday 09.07.26 - 21:41, Sean Rima wrote to All:

Some time ago, I posted my public ket here and someone posted back

the

email addresses that were linked to the key. Since then, I have been
getting emails from Google Personal search, all mentioning BBS sites

It's not "here" that's the problem. The problem is echos that are in general open to the non-fido public, courtesy of bbses that allow unrestricted access.

That is part of my point. We should be able to share stuff here but it seems that guest logins are undoing the safety of echomail.

Synchronet

https://smtp.sestar.synchro.net/msgs/msg.ssjs?msg_sub=fido-pkeydrop&messa

ge=69 Message: Re: My New GPGP Key - The SouthEast Star - Synchronet
Found 9 Jul 2026

Yes.. Synchronet bbses make that easy.

Far too easy, wish they would close it

So if someone posts a key here, don't mention the email address. I

get

these emails once or twice a day, every day

But note, that the public key will contain the emails (or names) in the block. So anyone can just run gpg -d <file> against it and see the same content.

Not my point, email addresses are mentioned and spam follows, spammers don't have the time to go to that lenght

Sean

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On 2026 Jul 10 19:02:00, you wrote to Sean Rima:

Some time ago, I posted my public ket here and someone posted back the
email addresses that were linked to the key. Since then, I have been
getting emails from Google Personal search, all mentioning BBS sites

It's not "here" that's the problem. The problem is echos that are in general open to the non-fido public, courtesy of bbses that allow unrestricted access.

"[...] that allow unrestricted _read_ access _to public echos_."
FTFY ;)

Synchronet
https://smtp.sestar.synchro.net/msgs/msg.ssjs?msg_sub=fido-pkeydrop&me
ssa ge=69 Message: Re: My New GPGP Key - The SouthEast Star -
Synchronet Found 9 Jul 2026

Yes.. Synchronet bbses make that easy.

pretty much... mainly one only need to have a Guest account and enable the web server... from there it is a matter of making sure which echos (and file areas) the Guest account has read access to... one should ensure that the Guest account does not have write access, though...

So if someone posts a key here, don't mention the email address. I get
these emails once or twice a day, every day

But note, that the public key will contain the emails (or names) in the block. So anyone can just run gpg -d <file> against it and see the same content.

very true and easily done in a "scraper script"...


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On 2026 Jul 11 12:17:44, you wrote to August Abolins:

But note, that the public key will contain the emails (or names) in
the block. So anyone can just run gpg -d <file> against it and see
the same content.

Not my point, email addresses are mentioned and spam follows, spammers don't have the time to go to that lenght

you might be surprised... AFAIK spammers/bot hearders operate very much like sysops... they script everything... they can easily add an additiona section to their scripts to look at the public keys, harvest the email addresses, ans store them in their lists for later use in a spamming run... it is basically no harder than writing assistance/helper macros for a terminal to do automated things like mapping the Tradewars 2000 universe...

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mark lewis wrote to Sean Rima <=-

On 2026 Jul 11 12:17:44, you wrote to August Abolins:

But note, that the public key will contain the emails (or names) in
the block. So anyone can just run gpg -d <file> against it and see
the same content.

Not my point, email addresses are mentioned and spam follows,

spammers

don't have the time to go to that lenght

you might be surprised... AFAIK spammers/bot hearders operate very much like sysops... they script everything... they can easily add an
additiona section to their scripts to look at the public keys, harvest
the email addresses, ans store them in their lists for later use in a spamming run... it is basically no harder than writing assistance/helper macros for a terminal to do automated things like mapping the Tradewars 2000 universe...

One of the emails that I track, was only ever used in a key that was posted here and it keeps getting emails from the Google watch thingy. I did try a remove on one email to see what would happen, nothing, Google said impossible to remove.

I have a GPG key that I uploaded to the various servers that uses an email that is an alias, I know if I get emails to it, it will be spam :)

Sean

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