info on renting through bikesbooking.com?
 

Hi, I've been getting an unsolicited email about renting dual purpose bikes from my home in Nova Scotia through this website...anybody know anything about them? I have a few bikes in my stable from a nifty 250 Super Herpa to a seasoned KLR to a newish BMW 700 GS that I would consider renting out if feasible and this company is reputable. Just sniffing things out for now.

Thanks,
Larry

I saw this a few times on facebook, but i'd be pretty narked if I started getting unsolicited emails, who on earth is selling our data?

If I understood Mr Zuckerberg, during his recent congressional inquisition, he said that he is selling data.
I am not sure that he would sell actual email addresses but there is a market for selling such data.


Because nothing is really free, "if you aren't paying a fee then you are the product" - that is how the professionals view the world.

Insecure internet connections are problematic
 

I'm very near certain that I first "lost" my email address to an interception by not using a VPN while in a non-secure connection.


I got a bit of junk mail for a while after making use of what seemed to be a dodgy connection but after changing my log on password that stopped.


I am a convert to using a VPN when travelling:-

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...rvices-86393-2

https missing
 

How are you sure about this??


It is the case that this website is not "secure" in that it does not use a HTTPS address.
( https://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certi...cts/https.html )



That is why in logging in here, it is possible for someone to intercept the data that you use to log in - given if anyone were interested enough to do so, and had the motivation and tech knowledge to do so (my posting above).

They take pounds, dollars, Euros - oh, and rubles...

Not a confidence builder.

bikesbooking.com
 

Thanks for the responses.

Yes they do say they are are an Irish/Russian company... I suspect the Russian partner needs the Irish partner for credibility more than the Irish partner needs the Russian partner for $$$, but who knows... Sounds like an idea that could work with the right people involved (AirBnB, Uber, etc).

I didn't mean to imply someone got my email address from this site, I was thinking of the bike rental angle before I posted here...but somewhere. I've rented bikes a few times (South Africa, Ethiopia, Vietnam) so my information could have been sold/hacked from there, who knows).

I asked Bikesbooking.com if there was anyone in eastern Canada who could vouch for them...they told me I would be the first in Canada, but Eagle Riders in the US works with them, so they say.
Too much uncertainty for me.

Larry