On 15 Jan 06  16:53:21, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: privacy  was: braggin   
      
    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.     
    NB>    
    NB> Exactly.  My overall experience has been that they have had that   
    NB> integrity, and in fact, sysops of two different bbs's for whom I had   
      
   I was surprised by one sysop that had what I'm sure he personally    
   considered offensive Echoes on his BBS.     
      
    NB> occasion to co-sysop for stressed that just because I had the ability   
    NB> it didn't mean that I should be taking the opportunity unless I thought   
    NB> there was real need to monitor something.  So although there was no   
    NB> real privacy, in actual practice things really were kept private.    
      
   AFAIK, if it's PVT it's 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....       
      
    NB> Well, yeah...  :)   
      
   I trust you know where that comes from....   
      
      
      
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