Site Update August 11, 2026
Posted: August 11th, 2026, 2:38 pm
Hi,
I have updated LonelyCache to properly manage not receiving the IDs of geocachers that have opted out of sharing personal information with third party applications such as LonelyCache. I discussed this here. Once geocaching HQ stops sending opted-out user IDs, LonelyCache will start removing their IDs from geocache logs and geocaches as those caches are updated. This means that there will be an interval where some finds and caches for some opted-out users are still in LonelyCache, while others are not.
Here's a summary of the changes:
Russell
I have updated LonelyCache to properly manage not receiving the IDs of geocachers that have opted out of sharing personal information with third party applications such as LonelyCache. I discussed this here. Once geocaching HQ stops sending opted-out user IDs, LonelyCache will start removing their IDs from geocache logs and geocaches as those caches are updated. This means that there will be an interval where some finds and caches for some opted-out users are still in LonelyCache, while others are not.
Here's a summary of the changes:
- On the sync caches page, links to the cache in LonelyCache are now added once the cache is updated.
- Links to an opted-out user with no ID will no longer be added.
- Buttons to mark a log as a great story or helpful for an opted-out user with no ID will no longer be added.
- opted-out user has been added to the glossary
Russell