Xref: utzoo comp.admin.policy:605 comp.unix.admin:2378 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!aunro!alberta!sherlock.mmid.ualberta.ca!steve From: steve@sherlock.mmid.ualberta.ca (Stephen Samuel) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy Message-ID: <1991Jun28.024008.6063@cs.UAlberta.CA> Date: 28 Jun 91 02:40:08 GMT References: <1991Jun14.153835.8709@cc.curtin.edu.au> <+J1CPAC@xds13.ferranti.com> Sender: news@cs.UAlberta.CA (News Administrator) Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Lines: 29 In article <+J1CPAC@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article braun@dri.com (Kral) writes: >> In article <1991Jun14.153835.8709@cc.curtin.edu.au> chooper@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."? -- Stephen samuel !alberta!samuels or userzxcv@ualtamts.bitnet Do for others as you'd like them to do.... steve@mycroft.mmid.ualberta.ca Don't be nice -- be compassionate. Compassion is what nice tries to look like.