Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
Damu'Khonde
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Posted - 2012.12.17 03:17:00 -
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Donn Red wrote:I have been cruising the recruitment forums for the last couple of weeks, and it seems like everyone who is anyone wants full API. As if that wasn't enough, some want full API for all accounts! My situation is rather unique for quite a number of reasons, and I find the prospect of giving out all of my API keys extremely unsettling.
Before you tell me, "you must have something to hide", ask yourself, are you comfortable with random people knowing who ALL of your alts are, what you are buying/selling, and where you get your isk from?
I also don't want to hear about how I fail at compartmentalizing my characters; I know how to transfer items between characters without it appearing on an API. I shouldn't have to act like a spy to get into a corp.
Am I paranoid for not wanting random people to know what color my underpants are before I even speak to them on voice?
Hello, corp CEO here. Corps require full API to protect themselves, not because they like nosing around in your business. Really, it's a rather dreadful and dull waste of time to go through someone's stuff to see whether he has "sketchy" ISK transfers.
Why do it then? Because it's important. Background checks are essential when potentially opening your corp up to a malicious insider. That person can AWOX, steal, and tarnish your corp's reputation. I am personally aware a case where an acquaintance of mine infiltrated a whole series of enemy corps, leaving each of them with internal turmoil and lacking several billion ISK of assets. Had those corps done more thorough background checks, they would have been safe.
Of course, I'm not saying a hyper-exhaustive butter-submerging process is always key to corp security. Are some corps overdoing it? Sure. Don't want to deal with that? Don't join them. There are plenty of others who do not have as strict requirements. For example, my corp only requires a select sub-set of API (not the full key), and even then it's mostly for checking loyalty and conflicts of interest, not for protection against theft.
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