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Originally Posted by RoboTIP

The only way anyone could access the resulting data would be to hack into the site and hack into the database. A successful hack would generate only a list of names. There was no way this information could be harmful to anyone. In fact, the delay in getting the email out was in some ways linked to the desire to be as careful as possible about protecting the privacy of the mentors we wanted to honor. (We also couldn't contact all teams until all teams were identified after the 5th week events) There never was a 'public listing of mentor names and phone numbers' nor was that data ever contained in the resultant database. Anyone who has such a list obtained it illegally from some other source.

I'm sorry, but I believe your above statements are not true. Look, go see it. It is there. It is not hacked: it is insecure. Malicious people can prey on our mentors with this publicly accessible data. This is not safe. Outside people know that these are FIRST team mentors, who will be out of town for a few days they have a full name, and a full phone number, and with that, can easily obtain a home address. I wouldn't want to return home after Atlanta to find my door busted through, and all my valuables gone. I appreciate your efforts in recognizing the mentors, but I don't think their recognition needs to come at the cost of putting them at risk for home invasion, or identity theft due to an insecure website done last minute. This is the day and age of internet safety and security. Your publicly accessible list is not safe, nor secure. Please make it so. FIRST prides itself on safety. It shouldn't be limited to only the pit area.