How do I hide computers to other users?

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Other users won't see them - you still will if you are logged in to your account.

I'm curious - why do people want to hide their computers?


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<p>Regards, Paul - Just slowly BOINCing along...</p>

> I'm curious - why do people want to hide their computers?

I think it's because they go to their computers page on their account and see their IP address.

I don't think they realize that this info is only visible to them...

I could never see the point to hiding them myself, as there is no critical info publicly listed. I enjoy seeing what people are running with, and it's quite a nice troubleshooting tool when someone has a problem, you can look at their systems and possibly see what the problem is. (at least you could when the results weren't disabled)

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> > I'm curious - why do people want to hide their computers?
>
> I think it's because they go to their computers page on their account and see
> their IP address.
>
> I don't think they realize that this info is only visible to them...
>
> I could never see the point to hiding them myself, as there is no critical
> info publicly listed. I enjoy seeing what people are running with, and it's
> quite a nice troubleshooting tool when someone has a problem, you can look at
> their systems and possibly see what the problem is. (at least you could when
> the results weren't disabled)
>
> <a> [/url]
>

I disagree - the computer listing shows Windows version and service packs installed. This info can be used to identify computers with security holes vulnerable to specific attacks.

> > > I'm curious - why do people want to hide their computers?
> >
> > I think it's because they go to their computers page on their account and
> see
> > their IP address.
> >
> > I don't think they realize that this info is only visible to them...
> >
> > I could never see the point to hiding them myself, as there is no
> critical
> > info publicly listed. I enjoy seeing what people are running with, and
> it's
> > quite a nice troubleshooting tool when someone has a problem, you can
> look at
> > their systems and possibly see what the problem is. (at least you could
> when
> > the results weren't disabled)
> >
> > <a> [/url]