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From: John Noller (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2007 - 22:30:10 EDT
Yes, Alan I am the founder of Sailtrac and a active world cruiser who built this site and make it available at no charge to any who would care to use it. I am not sure that requires a disclaimer but I have tried to incorporate all the tools, safety, and security that are only available for a fee or on various distinct public domains where anyone can be tracked into one secure package. Cybercrime and identity theft are real issues that expose anyone that posts location reports or personal travel information in a public arena. Through last hurricane season while in Mexico I develop and built this site to provide a safe and secure environment to anyone who cares to use it. Unfortunately I have met some folks along the way who dealt with these very issues and the cruising dream became a nightmare. I think many people who post personal information to public webpages as a means of communicating with a select group of family and friends need to be forewarned and cautious of
displaying personal and location information and also should protect their friends, family, kids, and loved ones from encountering potential inappropriate content just because they want stay up to date on those aboard and abroad. Location tracking is not always about where you are at, but also where you are not. Each individual can make their own choice I simply wanted let people know there are safe options available designed by a cruiser for other cruiser's to use as they see fit.
John Noller
Founder
Sailtrac
Alan Friend <> wrote:
John,
Never mind my question. I just did a "WhoIs" lookup of the domain
and see that you are the registrant of the SailTrac web site. I
would recommend in future telling people that up front.
Alan
At 07:30 AM 6/22/2007, jcnoller wrote:
>In the past I too used all the various web tools available to stay in
>touch. I kept my own blog pages, posted my position reports with QTH
>and had them display with Yotreps or Shiptrak because I wanted family
>and friends to stay in touch and follow my journies. But the
>internet today is not the friendly place it once was and these are
>all public venues where anyone can see your personal information.
>Unwanted comments, spam, and even inappropriate content can be posted
>or linked onto any blog pages and then when "grandma" goes to view my
>pages she get to read the crap that other people posted or she
>wonders when did my grandson go from "cruising in Mexico"
>to "cruising the sex trade" because of the links someone added to my
>pages. And you can't do much about it either. There are other horror
>stories too. Why in the world would you want the whole world aka the
>world wide web to think well, here is another rich yachtie off
>enjoying the good life and KNOW that you are 3000 miles from home and
>they can trak you on the map day by day. There are stories of
>cruiser's return to the states to find houses robbed, cars stolen,
>and identities plucked. It's ugly.
>
>We all want to stay in touch but using a private secure network is
>the only way to communicate with those YOU want to share information
>with and Sailtrac was designed with this in mind. It is a new venue
>designed to fill a niche and keep you, your information, and your
>privacy safe and secure - all for free. It provides all those various
>tools - mapping, journal, video, photos, and position reporting (and
>remote updating!) all consolidated into one secure package. No spam,
>no unwanted comments, and no public intrusion. If you are blogging
>in this group then you have probably participated in other "crusing"
>groups and know that some have degenerated into other types
>of "cruising" topics. Don't make your friends and family view
>inappropriate junk when checking in on your progress. When you
>communicate with friends and family do it from a safe environment.
>
>
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