mikesc Posted August 19, 2019 Report Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/category/79/ebooks Apparently it is all free, books, patterns, doodles etc, even access to the videos, at the moment. How long that will last ? Edited August 19, 2019 by mikesc Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Contributing Member LatigoAmigo Posted August 19, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, mikesc said: How long that will last ? Until they have everyone's name and email address. Quote
mikesc Posted August 20, 2019 Report Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) Given the breach that they had a few months ago, where a very large number of emails etc were taken, and GDPR, making everything free in order to harvest email addresses and details would seem to me to be a very very dumb idea..There will already be major fine hanging over them from the USA authorities ( I know that they were breached, they said so, publicly and privately ) for the first breach , requiring email addresses etc for "free" downloads , when the items could just be linked to without requiring any "details" ( email or otherwise ) is a certain way to get a GDPR slap..Then again GDPR my be a reason why they shut down in Europe, so as to remove a "nexus" from Europe. Unfortunately, if that was the reason, GDPR doesn't work like that. Nor do the similar laws enacted since GDPR by some other countries and also by certain USA states , or others being put into law, by other countries and other USA states..If they use any of those emails, they will be up to their ears in trouble, no matter what their TOS may, or may not say.The days of companies being able to harvest email addresses and other details for "free" items , "free downloadable" items, or "win a whatever" are over since two years ago..Allowing access to "free" does not a "business relationship" make..anyone who did not already have an existing business relationship with them..cannot be contacted by them via any details that they may have given ( including email addresses ) in order to gain access to "free".. Ps..does any one give real email addresses, I mean the ones that your ISP gives you ( gmail, hotmail etc don't count ) to anyone / any website ? I run my own mail server, ( unlimited email addresses ) so everyone I contact gets a unique email address to send to, that way you know who sold it or gave it away or leaked it, and it can be set to "bounce" or "black hole" ..Domain hosting with unlimited email addresses is cheap..Hosting is cheap, VPS are cheap, even servers are cheap compared to what they used to cost. Even with unlimited bandwidth. Edited August 20, 2019 by mikesc Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Contributing Member LatigoAmigo Posted August 20, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted August 20, 2019 37 minutes ago, mikesc said: Ps..does any one give real email addresses, I mean the ones that your ISP gives you ( gmail, hotmail etc don't count ) to anyone / any website ? This is all very interesting, but wouldn't you need an active email address in order to get the "password" to activate your account in order to get more "free"? Quote
mikesc Posted August 20, 2019 Report Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) "Active" (as in "one that works" ) yes..but throwaway..or unique to that request for an email address..loads of places ( websites ) that will let you create an email address that you can throw away / "kill" / delete as soon as you get a link to "click to confirm / activate your account" .. Or you can pick a domain name..get hosting with unlimited email addresses, and make an email address for each time that you are asked to give one. Or be "creative" with gmail ..I think ( I was one of the first 100 invited there back when it was invite only, but I only made gmail addresses to block anyone from using mycompanynames@gmail.com, I only log in to clear the spam, and to keep the addresses active for some android phones, so gmail may have changed what you can do with their addresses ) that gmail allows you to use a dot delimiter in their email addresses..like say this-site.me@gmail.com or use + signs, like this-site+me@gmail.com..That allows you to see who sold or leaked any email address made that way. But using a domain or domains with unlimited email addresses that you can create and destroy or block is far more versatile..stops you having to wade through the spam when some one sells your address on, or when they get hacked..The first "spam" email from anyone, the address that was created for them, gets nuked..and a report filed to whoever is the authority for data protection in their country / state and mine. ps..any website that sends you your password in "plain text" via email ( which is very rarely encrypted ) is not taking security seriously, ( and is in breach of many laws ) any one between the website ( even a website that is itself HTTPS ) and you ( that means anyone in the route , including all at your ISP ) can read it.. Edited August 20, 2019 by mikesc Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members jrprottas Posted August 20, 2019 Author Members Report Posted August 20, 2019 All that is pretty scary esp since I just downloaded all Stohlmans books for free. If theres a class action lawsuit pls cut me in. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted August 20, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted August 20, 2019 I give my true email address when I want to hear back. Never had any problem.Never been hacked. I've used the same email addy for 20 years now. I only get a few spams every few days and they are from companies I no longer do business with. Main problem with the 'spam' is my email filter sometimes puts non-spam into the spam box. Same with my phone numbers, no problems, give them out only when I want to hear back. I just don't give email addy or ph numbers unless. I'm not that neurotic about it all Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Contributing Member LatigoAmigo Posted August 20, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted August 20, 2019 As the saying goes, "If You're Not Paying For It, You've Become The Product," otherwise why are valuable e-books be given away for nothing? The bills have to get paid somehow. Not neurotic, just cautious. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted August 20, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted August 20, 2019 Its a very special offer by Tandy to celebrate their 100th Anniversary and the 100th anniversary year of Al Stohlman's birth Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Contributing Member LatigoAmigo Posted August 20, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, fredk said: the 100th anniversary year of Al Stohlman's birth Now that is something worth celebrating. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.