NYU, Admit Your Mistake
Washington Square News,
Feb 05, 2004
It has been a rough few weeks for NYU, cumulating with the admission that "You must consider any data file stored [on NYU's server] to be generally available, unless you take special security precautions," the e-mail read. "As search engine technology has become more sophisticated, there may be no such thing as a 'hidden' directory or file." This follows the release of private student information at least twice in the days previous. The affair has prompted an editorial calling on the university to "make a university-wide statement on the matter." When things like this happen, secrecy is probably the worst option, as those that could take steps to prevent further damage are not given the information they need to do so. Via Politechbot.
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