Nanny agency hacking suspect cuffed

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Uuuhm.. #

Posted Tuesday 9th October 2007 15:53 GMT

The "hacking" angle is what exactly?

Copy & paste does not (yet) constitute 'hacking'.

However, if the header was "Nanny remembers password even after quitting job, ex-boss too stupid to change it" I could understand.

Jay Roller

Another example of... #

Posted Tuesday 9th October 2007 16:00 GMT

the nanny state?

Sorry.

Jacob Reid

hacking? #

Posted Tuesday 9th October 2007 17:04 GMT

I do not count guessing a password as hacking. Anyway, AOL users have no right to human rights.

Rick Brasche

the real criminal act... #

Posted Tuesday 9th October 2007 18:15 GMT

....is any so-called business who does all it's correspondence thru AOL or similar. Criminial stupidity in the form of not changing passwords.

but it's really another step in the Copyright Wars. Criminalizing memory. Today, it's an au paire and her previous password. Next, it's you remembering that movie you saw, or that song you heard-unauthorized copies and unlicensed repeat access!

Jacob Reid

@Rick #

Posted Tuesday 9th October 2007 18:37 GMT

Now you've done it...

I was hoping the RIAA/MPAA hadn't caught on to my illegal repeat memory based access. Ohnoes!

Anonymous Coward

riaa #

Posted Tuesday 9th October 2007 21:07 GMT

No humming, whistling or singing without paying a performance fee it's already here.

Mark Roome

Re: RIAA #

Posted Wednesday 10th October 2007 10:23 GMT

and definately no ... KARAOKE either ....

but wait, that should be banned ANYWAY, never in all my life have I ever heard such bad singing, not even on Idols. And its doubly embarrasing to watch your drunks bosses singing it .... although it is good for a few .. laughs when you have it on video later.

Banjo

Oh dear #

Posted Wednesday 10th October 2007 12:59 GMT

Naughty corner for her!

Anonymous Coward

ethics? #

Posted Wednesday 10th October 2007 17:29 GMT

What about work ethics and trust these days or does that no longer exsist?

Anonymous Coward

Shared Passwords #

Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 07:07 GMT

If you share a password -- on a mailbox, a server, a domain or an application -- you may as well publish it. I've never heard of any operation anywhere that succeeds in tracking the spread of a shared password within the firm, or changing it when an initiate leaves.

When I joined my current employers, a dozen admins shared the same domain admin password inherited from the guy who set up the domain. They were too scared to change it because it was also a service account. By the time we dropped it, there must have been fifty ex-staff -- contract and permies -- walking the street with the keys to complete anonymous access.