www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Due to recent events as well as the local CR news showing this site on local TV, I suggest we agree to a change for privacy.

I suggest that Admin 1 require EVERYONE that reads this board pay one dollar to be a "registered user" using a USA credit card and a USA or Canada ISP address to pay. Once paid with a USA credit card and ISP, they can access the site from anywhere.

I doubt he will want to do this because potential new members-users, ie customers, will not be able to come across this board using a google search.

This may cost him new business. But at what point do we worry more about new business at the cost of the whole thing ?

At the very least limit browsers and non-members to the US ISP addresses only

We Members do not need new guys finding out about Costa Rica. Most would like to protect what we have without the the locals seeing every detail of what we write much less the photos in the VIP secton

I was already in Costa Rica when I found out this board existed.

The internet has changed a lot . Now almost everyone is using it. We have seen the effect.

The purpose of this post is to provide Admin 1 suggestions and solutions. If mine are irrational or un-doable then what are yours?

Oh, please. If you're worried about privacy, use a name that is unique to this board. Don't share information that can identify you. That's all there is to it.

Circling the wagons is not the way to do it. We're not doing anything wrong, and acting guilty will not help.

I vote nothing changes. Don't let the publicity hounds scare you off.

Icantstayaway, when I read your post, I said maybe this guy got a solution. Then I gave it some though and it became apparent to me, that it is way too easy to bypass. I work for IT Security and it is so easy to bypass the security measure that you have just proposed that I actually do it all the time when I’m in CR. I manage large corporate Security accounts and it is easier for me to use Remote Desktop from my hotel in CR and use my computer at home or office using VPN. I have to run multiple VMware images to connect to different clients on their proprietary VPN’s. So running them from my single laptop at the hotel will be painfully slow.

So if anybody wants to make their login look like is coming from the USA from anywhere in the world is just that simple.

BTW – I just not even going to comment in how hard will be for Admin1 to manage USA vs. CR IP’s continuously. It is a good idea on the right way, but I’m afraid adding security measures to any website cost money and time. Price increases could start scaring away members.

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I appreciate this sentiment but the cat is long out of the bag on this one. It isn`t seldom that I hear an acquaintance talking about it but they didn`t find out from the internet. The only reason the place isn`t completely over run with ugly Americans is many are afraid to go down there, or anywhere south of the border on a pu*sy adventure.

I don't think this is any solution to whatever the problem is that you perceive to exist. Do too many guys know about CR? Not if you ask the chicas. Guys have been saying that as long as there's been any scene down here at all. Guys who were here in the 90s consider anyone who came this century as upstarts and we have ruined it. I've been around since 2003. I suppose it would be better for me if the magic curtain had been closed right after I found out, but what if it had been closed just BEFORE I found out? And realistically, even shutting down CRT totally wouldn't stop anything. My first glimmerings came from the old Worldsexguide site. If you want to keep your privacy, I don't see who is stopping you. The MP busts have virtually nothing to do with CRT, in my opinion. The sky is not falling. I have gotten laid as much the last week or two as I ever need to get laid.

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Why is everyone so scared about the publicity. Why are there so few posts now.

Some of you guys seem to be scared of your own shadow.

I agree with Icantstayaway that we do have a problem that needs to be addressed. We need to be able to communicate openly here without providing information that will prove harmful to either the members or sponsors of CRT.

The recent TV news report showed a portion of the photo section which is in a members only area of this site. It's possible someone at the station joined, but just as likely they gained access from a compromised password. All VIP passwords should be changed now, and anyone accessing CRT from a public terminal in CR should change their passwords upon their return home.

Perhaps new VIP memberships could require verification within a given amount of time. Nothing elaborate, a note with your CRT screen name mailed from a US postmark to the CRT Florida address would work. (Members joining in Costa Rica could be verified in person at a given location).

We're a creative group here, throw out some other ideas and let Admin1 take it from there.

I'm surprised how many people still haven't realized that there is no such thing as privacy anymore on the internet. Anybody with any skills can find a lot of info about anybody.

Solution: Don't post anything that you feel might help reveal your identity. And if you must keep your privacy at such a high level, don't join a public internet forum in the first place.

All these propsed "fixes" all have ways to get around them.

A very easy and sensible solution.

Need specific information? Just use the PM feature.

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This isn't really a privacy issue. It's a matter of not helping those who wish to do us harm.

Canceling the 5th Anniversary party, for example, was a good move. That many of us in one spot, in the current climate, was too easy.

But there is no way to exclude those who you do not wish to be able to view the site. All the proposed solutions have flaws or ways to bypass them. And all would require money to be spent. Who's going to pay that bill? Upgrading costs money. I think if they had to choose between paying more money to upgrade security or keeping it the way it is, most members would vote to keep it as is.

And I'm not really sure what a totally private forum would accomplish. What is there to be said that hasn't already been said? It's not like the municipality or local media didn't know what was going on before CRT.

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This isn't really a privacy issue. It's a matter of not helping those who wish to do us harm.

Canceling the 5th Anniversary party, for example, was a good move. That many of us in one spot, in the current climate, was too easy.[/quote]

I guess it is time to profess my ignorance...too easy for what

Is there some fear of a big sting operation

Everything I have read about the closings points directly to ADA deficiencies...which by the way is or has happened in every major and not so major city in the US. There is an ADA lawyer behind most of this...just like there is in the US

Or am I simplifying this too much

This has nothing to do with ADA regulations! It if did, 95% of all businesses and most San Jose sidewalks would have to be closed for renovations. This is just their attempt to close down some sex businesses. Many of these places will, or already have, fix their "definiciencies" and re-open for business. Only time will tell what the municipality does then seeing how "operation ADA" didn't shut down the MP's for good. Will they keep coming up with different violations or will they just let it go and keep the status quo?

My guess is the latter.

I'm not suggesting we try to discourage new members, and I agree the local authorities and the media are well informed. However, I do think we should take some steps to secure (as best possible) at least the VIP area. If that adds a few bucks to the cost of membership, so be it. It would be worthwhile doing if for no other reason than to keep the chicas out of the gallery.

There in lies the rub.

"secure (as best possible)"

"keep the chicas out of the gallery."

If we were just talking about chicas that would be one thing but most people on the board believe they have been given access by VIP members not by purchasing VIP status. Those same VIP members will have access to any changes made and will continue to supply the necessary passwords and procedures to the chicas.

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