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Please Don’t Tell Me That This is Accurate

September 21st, 2007

Jason Malone - “[L]ibrary staff in the computer room, from their staff desk computers, can see the text of any private, personal email a person there is writing, or their private information if they are paying a bill on-line on the computer, or if they are emailing a newspaper a criticism of the library director, etc…”

The library in question is the Lakewood Public Library in Lakewood Ohio.

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4 COmments on “Please Don’t Tell Me That This is Accurate”

  1. Laura G UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 Says:

    Sounds to me like someone got caught playing video games after being told not to, and decided to attack the messenger. I somehow doubt the computers are remotely monitored.

  2. TestName UKRAINE Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    Test myfunction comment

  3. Anna UNITED STATES Mac OS X Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 Says:

    Well, they probably could if the right software was installed. The tech staff at our school can monitor workstations. The question is, do they?

    Nothing on the internet is EVER private.

  4. Colleen UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 Says:

    “Angry, smug, weird dwarf Warren….” Oh yes, definitely written by an impartial observer? I wonder if this guy got caught porninating. We used to catch those guys by other patron complaints who could see their screen, not high tech spying.