Fwd: Re: chat logs

From: Melissa Fischer (Melissa.Fischer_at_NorthMemorial.com)
Date: 05/13/05

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    FYI

    Melissa Fischer
    Database Administrator
    Data and System Engineering
    North Memorial Health Care
    763/520-1533
    melissa.fischer@northmemorial.com

    >>> Melissa Fischer 5/13/2005 10:49:39 AM >>>
    I understand your concern, apparently you must not be a parent.
    I have raised 3 sons, 24, 20 and now an 8 year old. Teenagers talk to EACH OTHER, not to their parents.
    Our parents HAVE personally talked to their children, looking at files on their computers is not taking away their privacy, if they are doing nothing wrong, then there is nothing to hide and have "private".

    Melissa Fischer
    Database Administrator
    Data and System Engineering
    North Memorial Health Care
    763/520-1533
    melissa.fischer@northmemorial.com

    >>> Mihai Amarandei <mihai@xmcopartners.com> 5/13/2005 9:45:28 AM >>>
    I'm glad too se everyone helping out to find the logs and giving advice
    on how to search those teen-agers web history.
    Just me(and this has nothing to do with security), but wouldn't it be
    better that each parent asked directly its children about such incidents
    instead of searching and digining through their logs and web history?
    I for one wouldn't like it that my parents knew all my browsing and
    chatting habbits, and I think this is the case for most of today's
    persons. Teens are as ,uch entitled to their privacy "apriori" as anyone
    else in my opinion.
    I know all I've said has not much to do with security (actually it has
    to do with privacy), but neither is searching for logs.
    I'm not trying to undermine the importance of the threat and the gravity
    of the situation, I just don't think such an intrusion of privacy would
    be a good answer.

    Mihai
    Blog: http://secinternship.blogspot.com

    Melissa Fischer wrote:

    >Our community, Waconia, Minnesota has recently been the victims of
    >threats against our children and schools.
    >http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5399090.html
    >
    >The Emergency Response Task Force assigned to our case asked parents to
    >go home and check their kids computers for any chats or emails with
    >information.
    >
    >We are trying to find a document explaining where and what to look at
    >to find any information. We would like to post this on our school main
    >page www.waconia.k12.mn.us for a resource for parents to use on how to
    >find any information. Can you tell me where to find this information?
    >
    >Thank you in advance,
    >
    >
    >
    >Melissa Fischer
    >Database Administrator
    >Data and System Engineering
    >North Memorial Health Care
    >763/520-1533
    >melissa.fischer@northmemorial.com
    >
    >
    > 

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