E-mail Privacy

[Stephen Samuel]

In article <+J1CPAC at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <DXG4ZT at dri.com> braun at dri.com (Kral) writes:
>> In article <1991Jun14.153835.8709 at cc.curtin.edu.au> chooper at cc.curtin.edu.au (Todd Hooper) writes:
>> >case, I would have ignored it as well. It is the job of academic staff to
>> >uncover plagiarism - not mine.
>> How is this different from:
>> 	"It is the job of the police to deal with rape crimes (etc)".
>You find evidence of *that* sort of stuff, that's one thing. But plagiarism
>by a student hurts no-one but the student who misbehaves. Do you report
>someone to the police for driving without a seatbelt on?

 If I look thru somebody's window as I pass on the street and see a crime
in action, I'm not going to let the fact that it's taking place in a normally
private location stop me from responding/reporting things.

In this case, it looks like the culprits are using academic equipment to
commit an offence that could hurt the reputation of your school.
Granted -- I wouldn't go snooping around in other people's mail for proof
of academic disonesty, but if a hot potatoe lands in my lap, I'll bloody
well do something about it.

On the other side of the coin: If academic staff saw signs of a security
breach, or some other not-so obvious - but nontheless serious system problem,
wouldn't YOU like them to exclaim "Who cares.. That's for the sysadmins to
look for."?
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Stephen samuel !alberta!samuels   or   userzxcv at ualtamts.bitnet
Do for others as you'd like them to do....	steve at mycroft.mmid.ualberta.ca
Don't be nice -- be compassionate. Compassion is what nice tries to look like.