On 13 Jan 06  18:23:31, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: privacy  was: bragging ri   
      
    DC> That is harder to maintain these days no matter what venue.  :(     
      
    NB> When I first started on bbs's, and in Fidonet, one of the things that   
    NB> was stressed from the outset was that there is no such thing as real   
    NB> privacy in this bbs world.  The sysop, and anyone to whom s/he grants   
    NB> sysop status to, can read even the messages otherwise marked as   
      
   Again, it's up to the integity of the sysops involved.     
      
    NB> Anything that is so personal/sensitive that it HAS to be kept private   
    NB> needs to be said face to face in person in a very private setting,   
    NB> bottom line.  Even corded phone to corded phone (yeah, I know, how   
    NB> old- fashioned! ) isn't totally secure or private.   
      
   There's always the Cone of Silence, Chief....       
      
      
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