Slashdot Mirror
WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data
cfarivar writes "'Like leaving a vault open, the Palo Alto Unified School District failed to place a number of highly sensitive computer files containing student information in a locked location on its network. Using a laptop with a wireless card outside the district's main office, the Palo Alto Weekly gained access to such data as grades, home phone numbers and addresses, emergency medical information complete with full-color photos of students and a psychological evaluation."
... psychological evaluations?
;)
what kind of school is this?
i would never let my school asses me mentaly, that's a major privacy violation if u ask me
besides, im a little crazy...
-judging another only defines yourself
You think that's bad. Wait until the RIAA finds out they cracked into the school district computer and downloaded an MP3 file...
Karma: Marginal (mostly due to the border around the website)
Yes,
.. right. No this is something completely different. See "Farewell My Concubine" for reference ;-)
Because we underfund our education system and treat teachers like shit. In the east, teaching is the most revered of positions.
Beyond that, a brat in the orient would be taken out of class and whipped with a cane. Yeah, I know your thinking, a swat
They learn quick to keep their mouths shut and listen to teachers. A parent in the orient would suffer great shame if they got a note about their kids behavior. The community would shun the parents until they fixed the problem.
This is the primary problem with US education today. The kids won't keep their mouths shut, and neither the parents nor the administrators will remove them.
-------- -------- Support Wesley Clark for president!!!
I still need to do something to protect the wireless network where I work. I hope they don't think I did it already.