[olug] MPAA toolkit

Obi-Wan obiwan at jedi.com
Fri Nov 30 20:12:25 UTC 2007


>> 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.

-- 
Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins



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