Oh SUNY-B, we cherish thee...

[pseydtonne]

...but I guess our records aren't so key.

I just got an update from my old radio station. It seems they've found student financial and personal data going back at least a decade...

...in an unlocked room, with its door latch taped up, in the middle of the Lecture Hall building (a pretty open part of the campus), just barely obscured from normal pedestrians. Yay.

I used to walk through buildings all over campus, mostly looking for unused computers that were on the Internet. One night I found an unlocked harpischord, so I taped a friend playing it well. It doesn't shock me that this happened -- it's just annoying to think my own data may be in there.

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[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Ooh--*you* know a bit of French--what does "J'espère que vous devenez meilleur aussi." mean?

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

That totally sucks.

I love how the university is going after the journalists. So glad I didn't go there.

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

It means "I hope that you become better, too."

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

Too many alumni are also prominent citizens or otherwise involved in the media. I was once the News Director at the radio station. If they want us to donate money, they'll not break the journalists' balls.

[suppressingfire.livejournal.com]

Weak!

[graciana.livejournal.com]

Sheet. That's horrible that the News reporters are getting charged. I guess it's the Uni's way of protecting themselves for horrible record keeping.

Could a potential class action suit be placed against the Uni for breach of security by alumni? It should.

[fuzzplugjones.livejournal.com]

Knowing the people who run that station now, it's more likely *they* put the tape on the door.