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[privacy] Recent blog post I thought I'd share for thoughts and opinions.
From: Tyler Reguly <tyler.reguly () seeminglyrandom info>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:40:02 -0400
Hey Hey, I'm not trying to spam the list here... This has been circulating quite a bit lately... I seem to be the only one concerned with the privacy issue that sites like these raise... and the only one that thinks these even raise privacy issues. I was curious to see if anyone else thought there were privacy related concerns. The post can be found @ http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=108 Initial Paragraph: Many people, especially students, have heard of, and even experienced, TurnItIn.com. I came across the site while in college, and while I never had to use it myself, I knew many professors that required their students submit all assignments via the site. I’ve had my concerns and doubts regarding this site… The idea of a third party collecting and holding my data doesn’t seem right. We live in a world where privacy is becoming more and more important… but student privacy is going out the door. What if an employee is perusing the database one day and finds a document they like and think will go places… They change the submission information… submit a notice back to the students professor that the work was copied. The employee attaches their own name to the document and submits it to a magazine for publication… While they my not have happened yet… there’s no reason why it couldn’t happen. Tyler. _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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