3 Aug
2004
3 Aug
'04
2:28 a.m.
--- John Allain <allain(a)panix.com> wrote:
Well... I am not that bad. First, I knew how to
extract three PERMANENT university email
account/password information from those HDs but I
didn't do that but deleted those files. Second, I
didn't show anybody else the files. My intention was
to give the files back to the original owner (if I can
find them) but I dropped that idea after I read them.
My fault was that I read them with curiosity. I keep
them because they have information... The information
will be lost forever if I type in the delete command.
What do you do with your kids' 'art work' from
daycare/preschool? When you have no room for them you
understand the dilemma I was facing.
vax, 3900
For example, I
have e-birthday cards sent to an
secretary by her colleagues; emails from her
husband
explaining...
COMPLETELY unethical to spend more than a minute
reading such
personal stuff IMHO. It is a partially the fault of
the previous owner,
partially the fault of the O/S vendor to not
sterilize the machine before
getting it out, but I don't think that exonerates
you. If we are to be
respected in this hobby I think we should step up
and give personal
data honorable burial.
This will someday happen: Someone will do something
really unethical
with thrown HD information and various localities
will have to install
shredding equipment for incoming computers.
Greenwich seems to already be doing a variant of
this.
John A.
Los Alamos, NM
(Now I'm joking)
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