i was alerted through google alerts that my ip and email are being publicly shown in my user profile page. they are, i confirmed it. I see no way to turn it off. I don’t want them being shown.
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i see that when i’m logged off, those bits don’t show up. my error.
i was alerted through google alerts that my ip and email are being publicly shown in my user profile page. they are, i confirmed it. I see no way to turn it off. I don’t want them being shown.
edit…
i see that when i’m logged off, those bits don’t show up. my error.
Go to your My Settings and check under Preferences then Privacy. Make sure your Privacy Settings doesn’t have “Show private information in profile to” set to All. That will indeed show your ip address and email to everyone on the internet.
I wonder if that’s a Google thing? I will keep an eye out for myself. Since we’re searching from the same browser… oh, wait, I get it. You have a gmail address. That would explain it. Google most certainly will have your IP address when you search. And if you are signed in to Gmail, then obviously it has your email. That’s why Google alerted you. However, if you set your preferences to default (no one) to be able to see your private information, then you’re email and ip address shouldn’t show up.
I would test this and see if you can replicate it. Make sure your settings are at default. Open up another different browser, without signing in to the community, and check to see if your information is seen. If not, then open another window or tab in the same browser that you’re signed into the community, and do a Google search. Let me know if that changes things. If so, and your info shows up, then that is a bug.
What you’re seeing is exactly what it should be. I guess Google is tracking your email and ip while you are signed in, which really is okay since everything is visible to you.