Admin Security - Email (Don't be a DOX Victim)

^bump. Even if your email address doesn't appear in hacked databases such as haveibeenpwned.com, it doesn't mean that you're safe from being DOX'd - that is somebody using various websites and tools to see what kind of private personal information they can obtain from your email address. For example, if you the same email address for Proboards as you do for Facebook, somebody might be able to discover your real name. Bottomline, if you use your proboards email address on other sites, you could be easily DOX'd and you're more vulnerable to hacking.

Just one of countless search sites that does reverse email searching is socialcatfish.com/reverse-email-address-search/ - hopefully you'll get a, "bummer - no records found" or the results are completely wrong when searching your email address.

So I strongly suggest that you use an alias email address for Proboards because any admin has the capability to view your email address here. Once you have a new email address, goto www.proboards.com/account/settings and change it.

if somebody does try to DOX you, never give any confirmation or clues that they got the right OR wrong information. If somebody publishes your personal info but it's wrong, good but don't say anything. If they publish correct information, not good but still don't say anything.