When a hint isn't a hint.
Groundspeak lists hints as "A hint is meant to be decrypted at the cache site, after a search has
failed and a further clue is needed. It should give additional
information about the cache or its location"
So how many of us get upset when we see..."not now" maybe later"?
There is a lot of chatter on the forums and elsewhere about this subject.
For me a hint is a statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue.
Yes as a newbie I have put stupid hints but I hope that I have fixed them to better reflect the need.
Because I live and cache in the great outdoors, I do not want to see an area getting thoroughly thrashed. I don't want to see moss pulled off of stumps and trees. I do not want to see our fragile ecosystem destroyed in the name of geocaching. I do not want to see our game banned.
Thursday 16 May 2013
Encrypting Cache Logs
I imagine that this topic will get a lot of views because I am well aware that there are a lot of cachers viewing my blogs but not bothering to comment online.
Back to the topic at hand. Encrypting cache logs. Going through the GC Forums and found some topics about encrypting " It's not to create a note that only you can read. It's to prevent someone from accidentally reading spoiler info. If they want to read it, they have to perform an action to do so." That makes sense. After all as a cacher and a CO there are somethings we don't want everyone to see. It's another way of hiding spoiler info, etc without causing someones feelings to get hurt by say, deleting their log. "The value of encryption is debatable anyway. I think seeing an encrypted log might even attract people to check it out out of curiosity."
So what is this all about? Well for some time a CO has been encrypting my logs on their caches. This amuses me to no end because like me, there are a lot of other cachers who also decrypt to see what is what. I know when see an encrypted log I have to wonder what is so important about it. "Oooh, it's encrypted... there must be something juicy here, I will see what it says."
Encrypting actually brings a lot of attention to the cache log and mine in particular.
I often get asked why I always encrypt my logs on the CO's caches. I tell them I don't and that the CO is encrypting them. They mention that there appears to be no reason to encrypt my logs. The majority of the logs are quite pleasant and occasionally complimentary.
Which brings me to why? Who knows? Who cares? If their goal is to deter me from finding their caches then it is not going to work. A CO cannot stop someone from finding their cache Put them on my ignore list? What for? Caches are placed to be found by everyone and not a select few.
Back to the topic at hand. Encrypting cache logs. Going through the GC Forums and found some topics about encrypting " It's not to create a note that only you can read. It's to prevent someone from accidentally reading spoiler info. If they want to read it, they have to perform an action to do so." That makes sense. After all as a cacher and a CO there are somethings we don't want everyone to see. It's another way of hiding spoiler info, etc without causing someones feelings to get hurt by say, deleting their log. "The value of encryption is debatable anyway. I think seeing an encrypted log might even attract people to check it out out of curiosity."
So what is this all about? Well for some time a CO has been encrypting my logs on their caches. This amuses me to no end because like me, there are a lot of other cachers who also decrypt to see what is what. I know when see an encrypted log I have to wonder what is so important about it. "Oooh, it's encrypted... there must be something juicy here, I will see what it says."
Encrypting actually brings a lot of attention to the cache log and mine in particular.
I often get asked why I always encrypt my logs on the CO's caches. I tell them I don't and that the CO is encrypting them. They mention that there appears to be no reason to encrypt my logs. The majority of the logs are quite pleasant and occasionally complimentary.
Which brings me to why? Who knows? Who cares? If their goal is to deter me from finding their caches then it is not going to work. A CO cannot stop someone from finding their cache Put them on my ignore list? What for? Caches are placed to be found by everyone and not a select few.
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