Re: Locking Computer Policy

[Julian Y Koh <kohster () NORTHWESTERN EDU>]

On May 1, 2019, at 17:43, Ronald Loneker <rloneker () CSE EDU<mailto:rloneker () CSE EDU>> wrote:

We are noticing some people not following procedure on this, and we want to take action.

What best practices are you using at your institution in terms of the amount of time before a computer locks 
automatically during inactivity?


It’s not a best practice to use those unlocked computers to send spurious email and chat messages to various people 
posing as the user of the computer?  Shoot, we’re going to have to change things around here….

(insert huge row of smileys here)



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