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by volfied 2779 days ago
I wonder if the security guard or the librarian who left the post-it notes on their machines are reprimanded in any way. Or the librarian who left the student list excel file unlocked on the machine, that contains sensitive information.

While what the kids did is simple to us, it is magic to these other people who can't even fathom the security implications of such a system. And that's the scary part. The technology is adapted faster than it is being understood.

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Probably not. There's hardly ever a push to get staff members trained in ways like this for a myriad of reasons, some of which are sound. The irony being, the next week an admin could be phished or have their account compromised in the same manner. There just seems to be this acceptance that, much like the view of the current public education system, it's not worth the investment to improve.