PDA

View Full Version : Administrative powers.



mgb
21 Apr 2005, 12:30 AM
Specifically, can admins read our PMs?

Just out of curiousity.

Lee
21 Apr 2005, 12:36 AM
I know about deepsky's PMs...

*snigger*

;)

Zero Angel
21 Apr 2005, 12:56 AM
In PhpBB2, it could be done by looking into the MySQL database (you could read the message, but not easily find out the username of the person who sent it). Not sure about these kinds of forums, but I doubt PMs are encrypted so yeah, probably.

CoHo
21 Apr 2005, 12:57 AM
Yeah, the owner of the site would have no problem, but would the admins on here be able to? Being an admin doesn't usually allow for people to have unrestricted access to the database

Claverhouse
21 Apr 2005, 01:28 AM
If it makes you feel happier, mods can't. And I wouldn't even try to.

There are lives outside this forum anyway.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

mgb
21 Apr 2005, 01:59 AM
There are lives outside this forum anyway.



I don't know. In every picture of an admin I've seen, they look pretty pasty.

And I knew mods couldn't.

It was more of a question of if than when.

shaytana
21 Apr 2005, 02:17 AM
Specifically, can admins read our PMs?

Just out of curiousity.

I can see how many you have and I can delete all of them but I cannot read any of the PM's, nor see the titles or who they are to/from.

I didn't know the answer to this until now, I had to go and check. Never tried before.

int
21 Apr 2005, 04:07 AM
I don't know. In every picture of an admin I've seen, they look pretty pasty.


It's the Irish in me. I don't tan well.

Can't read them. Wouldn't want to anyways.

mgb
21 Apr 2005, 05:44 AM
Thanks.