Scenario: Ms. Deal does not like having several passwords for all her accounts. Because she has so many she gets into the habit of writing the passwords on a sticky note on her monitor so she won't forget. While she is out of her office, John, a student who had been in trouble in her class earlier in the day, comes by her office. He sees the passwords and writes down the one for Ms. Deal's email account. John goes to another computer, logs in as Ms. Deal and sends several insulting emails to other staff members. How could this have been avoided?
It appears as though Ms. Deal is not making use of technology that can be used to store her passwords. Writing it down on a sticky note is not secure and very accessible to others. Thus, she has enabled a student to compromise her email account. There are softwares and free applications that store passwords, so all Ms. Deal would have to do in the future is remember 1 password to gain access to all of the others that she has stored in the app or on the password keeper software. Ms. Deal's right to digital privacy has now been compromised due to the fact that John has access to her email account. Therefore, John is also in the wrong and has inappropriately disrespected Ms. Deal's right to privacy and has proven that he is not a trustworthy digital citizen.
What are your thoughts?
Hi Megan,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your response and thought that your strategy outlined for Ms. Deal was awesome! Like you said, it was irresponsible of her to not use the technology available to store her passwords, especially when her office is used as a public meeting place for students and staff within the school.
Again great ideas and thanks for sharing!
Brandon