Author: KarinsDad
Date: 11:38:25 03/17/99
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On March 17, 1999 at 14:13:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >I agree with everything you said except for the server rule issue. Giving out >a password is a 'death penalty' crime in most places. Because that _instantly_ >removes any accountability for actions taken by that user. IE once you publish >your password, someone uses that account, logs on and is abusive to a player, >and there is no way to get to the 'right person'. Robert, In normal circumstances, I would agree with you on this 100% and not have stated what I did. However, this is not a case of several individuals knowing a password and the administrators do not know that more than one individual knows the password. This is a case of one person giving his password out publically (within view of the administrators) so that many others could determine the veracity of his statements. Knowing the reasons that he did this and knowing that hundreds of people could then use that account to log in, the administrator can shut down playing capability on that account, give Mark a new account (if he wanted one), and can also shut down the account within a week or two, once the controversy dies out. Due to extenuating circumstances here, the administrator could have been reasonable and ignored the letter of the law in this case. > >Here at UAB, if we find someone using someone else's account, we remove _both_ >accounts and the students are 'on their own' for computing resources for the >rest of their academic program. If they want to 'push this' we have a direct >academic policy that makes sharing a password instant grounds for academic >dismissal. And students have to read/sign this policy before we give them an >account. > >So this is a _serious_ problem, not a minor deal, when you think about how you >are going to handle accountability. > >My main comment would be that as computer chess enthusiasts, we need to be >much more careful and not step on toes. Because we are going to end up with >no place to play, unless we set up a computer-only server ourselves. And that >would be gross... compared to what we have right now... Yes, we do not need a lot of these types of problems occurring to get kicked off a chess server. Percentage wise, if we become too much of a problem, the owners of the servers will eventually say that it is too much of a hassle to be worth the few accounts. KarinsDad
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