On Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:32 PM Andrew McNabb wrote >I think it is immoral (and should be illegal) to surreptitiously log the >keystrokes of >a guest in your home. If you make an incredibly clear and specific >warning, then maybe it should be permissible, but you should not have >the right to monitor keystrokes without their complete understanding in >advance.
You seem to feel that one person's right to e-mail privacy is more important than another individual's right to keep the government from dictating what he or she can or can't do with their own equipment or network within their own home. I guess I find it difficult to understand why an individual should have this extremely broad "right" to privacy regarding e-mail when it would impinge on rights held equally dear by others. Much of privacy law and the sections of the constitution that have been interpreted as protection of privacy were meant to keep the government from interfering with individuals' stuff -- especially in their own home. I would agree that someone who is monitoring a computer or network should not be able to use the information they can see to incriminate someone or to blackmail them or harass them in any way. And it should be clear to the end user that their work may be monitored. But I still believe the owner of the network should be able to monitor communications in order to protect their organization, stake holders, equipment, etc. I definitely don't think governmental agencies should be able to snoop without due process of law, but I think it is just as bad to have the government dictate how I use my own machines in my own home. As far as the morality of monitoring in general, I think it is just as morally repugnant for someone to demand that I should be forced to handle my machinery in the way they want for their personal convenience as to monitor someone else's e-mail with the intent to protect the network. Christijan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
