-=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 01-14-06  16:53 <=-   
      
    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   
      
    DC> Again, it's up to the integity of the sysops involved.     
       
   Exactly.  My overall experience has been that they have had that   
   integrity, and in fact, sysops of two different bbs's for whom I had   
   occasion to co-sysop for stressed that just because I had the ability it   
   didn't mean that I should be taking the opportunity unless I thought   
   there was real need to monitor something.  So although there was no real   
   privacy, in actual practice things really were kept private.    
      
    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.   
      
    DC> There's always the Cone of Silence, Chief....       
      
   Well, yeah...  :)   
      
   ttyl    neb   
      
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