[olug] MPAA toolkit

Luke -Jr luke at dashjr.org
Fri Nov 30 20:27:09 UTC 2007


On Friday 30 November 2007, Obi-Wan wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 28 November 2007, Obi-Wan wrote:
> >>> At work, our employees are responsible for everything that's done
> >>> using their username.  If they walk away from a computer without
> >>> logging out, and somebody else walks up and surfs porn, the person
> >>> owning the username will get fired.
> >>
> >> Will that hold up in court if they file for unemployment?
> >
> > It already has.
>
> I should elaborate.  We're a hospital.  We don't mess around with HIPPA
> infractions.  If the person who walked up had accessed patient data
> rather than surfing porn, not only would the account owner have been
> fired, they'd be doing jail time.

Well then the "offense" isn't accessing porn, it's allowing someone else to 
use your account unmonitored.



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