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Archived: Article Discussion: Playfire.com - Be careful [Updated]
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Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/29/09 3:08 pm | #61
well benji, i'd still rather be safe than sorry.
my wife signed me up for it. if i had known your site asked for my windows id i never would have joined in the first place. sorry if your site is legit, but like i said, i'm not taking the chance.
doesn't look like anyone on here is, so you're probably just wasting your time.
Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/29/09 4:45 pm | #62
You are right Witness, 360v does not request your password.
Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/29/09 9:32 pm | #64
It's the kind of site that screws you over.
Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/29/09 9:35 pm | #65
uhhh playfire is basically a myspace revolving around games, i guess.
think of myspace's gaming social.
it was kinda neat, and there was a special little slot for your favorite games in order, but if you already have your gaming buddies on myspace it really isn't anything special.
Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/29/09 11:03 pm | #66
Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/29/09 11:35 pm | #68
i don't know i kind of on the fence about this one?
Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/30/09 5:18 am | #69
You can join without entering your LIVE details. This step is optional.
Re: Avoid Playfire.com
01/30/09 6:37 am | #70
I've updated the main article to reflect the lack of clarity in this situation.
Since I didn't get a response, I'm transferring from my other post:
Quote by Benji:
We'd love to do this using an API with some form of authentication but that's currently not an option as there's nothing available. Other communities do ask for usernames and passwords - what we are doing is no different to the way Facebook, for example, ask for your Hotmail address and password in order to send invites to your friends (Google have done this too) - we allow you to send a PM instead of an email.
It's meant to be a way for you to invite your friends, not as a malicious tool in any way to send spam or capture passwords. We wouldn't last five seconds if we were doing that and we intend for Playfire to be around for a long time.
The absence of an api doesn't justify insecurely collecting LIVE credentials, and then screen scraping to access the messaging system.
Whether you realize it or not, this is against Microsoft's policy, and their legal team will be all over this. I'm sure Facebook and Google either have an agreement with Microsoft or are using the official api. You are doing no where near the same thing.
Re: Playfire.com - Be careful
01/30/09 11:00 am | #71
I feel left out in the rain
I never got any invites 
Re: Playfire.com - Be careful
01/30/09 11:06 am | #72
ME neither, Kidd. We just aren't loved like everyone else 'round here...
Re: Playfire.com - Be careful
01/30/09 11:09 am | #73
apparently not...................hey you got any candy? LoL
Re: Playfire.com - Be careful
01/30/09 11:16 am | #74
No... I went to Noah's but he lied, there was no candy, only something he called a rubber and this bottle of Kentucky Jelly.
Re: Playfire.com - Be careful
01/30/09 11:34 am | #75
Kidd, Mike, I can send you a bunch of spam if you like. I just don't want the dog to get shot....
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