Author:  PurpleDave  Posted:  Dec 24, 2012 14:29  Subject:  Re: Items vanish from wanted list when bought  Viewed:  30 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card PurpleDave (969) Location:  USA, Michigan Member Since Contact Type Status Jun 28, 2003 Buyer

In Suggestions, FigBits writes:    Why are you cutting all the parts of my posts that provide the context? I left your entire question intact. _My_ post is still available directly above it.    For that first statement, the question is, how does the current system protect against hackers? It doesn't. You wrote that the proposed new system would be vulnerable to hackers. So is the current one! Then perhaps you need to do a better job at providing context. The discussion and every example I gave was about how to protect against unwanted deletion of Want List items. My example was about an unexpected system hack that causes your order to fail to complete but presents itself as having done so, subsequently causing the Want List items that you thought you were purchasing to auto-delete. It was never about protecting the system from being hacked in the first place. The only way to 100% guarantee that never happens is to shut the system down and never bring it back. I don't think any of us want to see that happen...    Every single concern that you have about an automated system for removing items from a Wanted list is easily addressed. So address that last example. You need a minimum of 50 parts. You want an open-ended maximum. You realize you might need to buy from multiple stores to get what you need. The simplest solution, if you really want auto-deletion, is to make non-deletion the default and only if someone chooses to subject themselves to potential and unnecessary headaches do the items auto-delete when purchased. And here's one more for you. You have the same item on ten different Want Lists. How does the system know which one to delete when you make a purchase? For me, it will always be more troublesome than it's worth. I prefer to keep my data management in my own hands.

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Re: Items vanish from wanted list when bought - FigBits (3564)

[...] Why are you cutting all the parts of my posts that provide the context? For that first statement, the question is, how does the current system protect against hackers? [...] (139 months ago, Dec 24, 2012, to Suggestions)

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Re: Items vanish from wanted list when bought - FigBits (3564)

[...] No, it isn't. You are cutting the content. [...] Saying that the proposed new system is vulnerable to a hack is irrelevant, because so is the current system. Nothing [...] (139 months ago, Dec 24, 2012, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - PhilW24 (82) 140 months ago Dec 23, 2012 to Suggestions
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