I've got the only key to the lock, right?

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"Just as random pedestrians could easily reach into your mailbox and intercept the envelopes that you send and receive through the post office, a curious hacker, a malicious criminal, or the FBI can easily intercept your e-mail. In some companies, the e-mail administrator has the ability to read any and all e-mail messages (and may fire you if you write anything inappropriate)."
- Writing Effective E-Mail: Top 10 Tips


How many times a day do you worry about someone hacking into your e-mail account? To be honest, I almost never do. I've managed to get myself into the habit of scrutinizing whatever it is that I write. I don't want to purposely offend anyone or drop some huge bomb concerning someone's personal life. Most people think that since they have a login and password combination unique to themselves, that no one will ever manage to gain unauthorized access to their mail.

Take a scond to look over this news article: News Anchor Guilty in E-Mail Hacking Case. The gist of it is, a male TV news anchor from Philadelphia plead guilty to illegally hacking into his female coworker's e-mail account. Evidently, he then leaked his coworker's personal information to other press officials, inevitably leading to her demise.

Wow. Forget thinking that something like this will never happen to you. Just because you yourself may not have the technical know-how to hack into other's computerized accounts doesn't mean that other people don't. If only they would use their power for good instead of evil! So, you just really have to think sometimes of what you want to have floating out over the internet concerning yourself.


Okay then, kiddies! Time to go back through the magic portal!


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Kevin Hinton said:

Think about how computer skills are in so much demand. Hackers basically can control everything in the electronic world. There was an article that describes how facebook is a perfect target (http://www.enterprise-security-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=61592).

We all like to think that privicy is a right that we have. But once we're online, anything goes. The internet is the "wild west" as far as freedom of speech goes. No one knows what would happened when something is posted on a blog or e-mail. All the more reason why someone should control themselves.

Maddie Gillespie said:

Too true, Kevin. Self control really is the name of the game on the net today, but I can't help thinking that today's society seems to be a bit lacking in that area at times. Guess it really is up to every individual person these days. Thanks for leaving a comment though!
~ MG

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