Word: passwords
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Have a seat. Switch on the computer. Dial into a network. Type in a password. And welcome to the world of the WELL -- the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. Romance may be just a few keystrokes or the click of a mouse away. The California-based electronic bulletin board is one of the many new cybersocieties where men and women can meet and message each other in a network less smoky than a singles bar, less nerve-racking than a blind date. There are no worries about appearances. No flesh. No sweat. Utopia? No way. Romance gone awry has gummed...
...takes is one mistake for those thoughts and secrets you held most dear to be distributed to anyone I choose. Your mistake? You left your terminal for only a second in the Science Center basement. Or you were accidentally disconnected over a dialup connection. Or I ripped your password...
Complete power over every file and every user is held by anyone with the root password. My friends at MIT deem Harvard's security too pathetic to be worth a challenge...
...phone that has to be programmed to send calls on -- a lot less convenient for travelers. And it forwards all calls, while the new service forwards only those calls made to the 700 number. Better still, it's possible to limit 700 calls to those who get a secret password from the subscriber (in this case, it's the recipient who gets billed, not the caller). Unfortunately, the new service retains one drawback of call forwarding: if the user forgets to cancel a phone's programming, the 700 calls will keep ringing long after he or she has moved...
Even more ironic is the fact that there is software available in the Science Center--shelves and shelves of it--but students are simply denied access to it. Programs are locked up in the software library, or protected by a password on the file servers. Although the purpose of reserving the software for those who absolutely need it for their classes is acceptable, it seems pointless to hide the software when nobody is using it. Word processing programs, such as Microsoft Word, should be considered as "required" for every class which assigns papers...