-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 > Whether you agree with him or not, he is showing the public at > large what a idealistically motivated system administrator can do.
That's not necessarily a good thing. Not everyone views his actions as positive or heroic. While some may view it as a demonstration of someone standing up for their ethics and whistle-blowing on government intrusion run rampant, others may view it as another tech person proving to be unreliable and wanting attention who could hinder the public's safety. Either way I would hope people focus more on 'whistleblower/leaker' than 'system administrator'. No matter how someone feels about it I think it's more negative than positive for the profession - a reminder that people (including sysadmins) can and will betray someone's trust, be it for better or worse. I think part of the trust of the public for systems and network people is that while we are 'good' we are also neutral, we don't take sides - we make things work and this changes that notion. Just my two cents. - -Dan - -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Daniel Gilmartin [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlG3TzAACgkQgtWs6lxFRJ2voQEAwokhlsDXW5RpOkT8jfnpvE2k 2l6LXhMykeNjjxfn7YsA+gPx6+/ySusLwEzgdjcfTw2RcjTphbwNrknkk/b+U/qS =gw4a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
