Launchpad leaks private email addresses

[Delmir]

Hi, I have a dedicated account just to handle emails from Launchpad, and since yesterday I started to get junk email from different spammers. That means Launchpad is somehow leaking private email addresses. Unfortunately, I could not notice where or how the exploit is at. In any case, I changed my email address and blocked the old address in the mean time. Can someone please dig a little more and try to find how our email address are getting exposed? Thanks, Del

[Gavin Panella (allenap)]

You need to go to https://launchpad.net/~7-launchpad-net-delmir-com/+edit and select "Hide my email addresses from other Launchpad users".

[Delmir (delmir)]

Gavin, the flag for "Hide my email addresses from other Launchpad users" was already set in "your personal details" page. Is there another place to set this flag? BTW, I find it interesting that if I use Google to search for my email address within quotes, then Google returns some Launchpad.net pages. It seems odd since I don't see my email address in those pages nor in the actual page "html" content. I'm still intrigued.

[Robert Collins (lifeless)]

Which pages?

[Curtis Hovey (sinzui)]

I believe delmir needs to change his Launchpad ID. His email address is very similar to his launchpad ID. delmir, use the Change details link on your profiles page to give yourself a sane name and display name.