We agree that for us this is a serious privacy issue and a complete showstopper for an otherwise good module. Searching and finding members that do not want to be publically available to other members is a definite negative design fault for many public sites. I can't understand how this could not have been considered.

Hi Fred

We have no problem with the searching for members when sending messages or the member directory , however to  roles other than admin or host the results have to consider if the member has opted-in to be listed publicly - or social group/s ( which I think is the intent, but does not appear to work this way)

While this would be a great enhancement to many web sites, the issue is a showstopper but not urgent enough for us to go looking for an alternative solution at this time.

I would be more interested in a response to indicate that the current release is working as designed or not. This would help us determine if we wait for a fix or do have to look for a better solution. The reason for this last statement is that reading through several posts I am not sure (or confused) as to the intended design, Statements from DNN Corp members appear to conflict.

So to answer your question, No, we haven't looked around yet due to it being considered by us as a "nice to have enhancement" and not critical at this time.