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   Message 508 of 1,946   
   Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus   
   privacy was: braggin   
   19 Jan 06 14:06:12   
   
   On 17 Jan 06  18:09:07, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: privacy  was: braggin   
      
    NB> there was real need to monitor something.  So although there was no   
    NB> real privacy, in actual practice things really were kept private.    
       
    DC> AFAIK, if it's PVT it's private.     
    NB>    
    NB> On a bbs, the sysop can view anything, even that which is marked PVT.    
    NB> Kinda like having a master key to unlock any room in the building...    
    NB> And theoretically, any sysop in the echo path can view any message   
    NB> coming through, although I think none take the effort it would   
    NB> require.     
      
   True. I meant to type  "afaic".     
      
      
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