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In article <-B*#1...@rpi.edu>, joefritz@pawl (Jochen M. Fritz) writes:
>[In response the someone who felt that TA's can peruse their student's 
>accounts]

>What ever happened to privacy.  It is generally assumed that any information
>protected by a password will NEVER by viewed unless (1) The owner allows this
>or (2) There is a probable cause that certain data could undermine the integry
>of the whole system (ie root shells) or (3) Someone has commited an illegal
>act and comprmised the user's right to privacy.   

I don't remember the TA making any mention of the protection levels on
this student's files.

If the files are world-readable, has the owner given implicit permission
for those files to be viewed by anyone with the desire to do so, under
(1) above?

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