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Old 02-18-2005, 07:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
AquaFox
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debate: public computers, and access to the previous user's info

i was talking to someone about this today... and i was curious to see how you guys would respond??



when your on a public computer, or a lab-computer, it's easy to find stuff about what and who was on there before you... you can see who signed onto AIM, what sites they went on, and often times you can even get onto there accounts left open...


is this fair use or infringment of privacy??


i know one thing, alot of people on public computers who sign onto AIM leave there passwords saved for some odd reason (stupidity), and there is no real notice or terms of use that you see when logging onto aim.... soo techinically there is warning that says you can't sign onto there aim account... its wrong, but is there really anything that can be done if you do it??? they left there password to public access, and any random user isn't going to know the terms and usage policy of AIM, if it even includes signing onto other peoples accounts....

....if someone says signed onto e-mail/aim/forums, is it fair that you can look around??




i think it's kind of a privacy infrigment, but it isn't punishable, if they leave it for you... knowingly or not.... just as long as you don't steal there identity, i think it's allright to do.... if i would do anything, i would leave a note on thre for the person to change there password or something
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