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more on MIT says it won't admit hackers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:49:33 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Kenneth Martinian <kjmartinian () yahoo com> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:17:07 -0800 (PST) To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] MIT says it won't admit hackers Dave- As a MIT Sloan Alum, I have to say I (seemingly alone in this) support the decision not to admit these students. People are minimizing what these students have done. This is the cyber equivalent of hearing that someone broke into the Dean's office and, while his door is still open, sneaking in to look into your paper file. Whether the door is unlocked or not, it is still breaking and entering. Just because the activity is easy (e.g., only requires changing the URL), does not take away from the fact that these applicants knew they were attempting to view something they would not be permitted to see. Think about what an employer would do to a prospective employee that was able to modify the URL of the employeer to see whether they were going to get a job offer. Do you think that employer would then hire them if caught in the act? I believe any employer would doubt the prospective employee's judgment enough to deny an offer. While the business world certainly has many with a poor sense of ethics, this should not deter our top business schools from trying to set a positive example. What example would we be setting that peeking at insider information only deserves a slap on the wrist. In a world where Martha Stewart actually profits from going to jail, where top executives can defraud investors and escape justice, it is a breath of fresh air to hear that somewhere, someone actually is trying to set the right example in holding accountable business people with poor ethics. Ken Martinian MIT Sloan '99 --- Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
_______________ Original message _______________ Subject: Re: [IP] MIT says it won't admit hackers Author: Tice DeYoung <ticed () bellatlantic net> Date: 11th March 2005 9:47:35 AM Dave, If the schools were serious about being fair and honest; they should also revoke the degrees they have awarded to those people found guilty of major scandals like accounting fraud, etc. Otherwise this is nothing more than grandstanding to show how serious they are about integrity, while not addressing the more serious problem of giving away oversight of the privacy data of potential students to a third party. This could be the start of a plethora of law suits against the schools and the company that permitted the security breach. Stanford is the only school that seems to be acting rationally in all of this. Tice ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as kjmartinian () yahoo com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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