I don't think any such nefarious scheme was considered by Graham Spanier.. I work for Penn State, and I must say they go out of their way to respect the privacy of their users, including what they do with their network access. In fact, the reason Spanier has been put into the position to propose such a scheme is that Penn State has been letting people get away with this stuff for so long that the recording industry targetted us specifically (among a few other schools) to set an example. I'm certainly not saying Spanier has a halo floating over his head, but I do think that this solution is his way of balancing his responsibility to respond to the recording industry, while still maintaining said user freedoms.
Of course, working for Penn State, I know that the bloated beurocracy likes to say things like this without having any conception of the technical implications...
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I don't think any such nefarious scheme was considered by Graham Spanier.. I work for Penn State, and I must say they go out of their way to respect the privacy of their users, including what they do with their network access. In fact, the reason Spanier has been put into the position to propose such a scheme is that Penn State has been letting people get away with this stuff for so long that the recording industry targetted us specifically (among a few other schools) to set an example. I'm certainly not saying Spanier has a halo floating over his head, but I do think that this solution is his way of balancing his responsibility to respond to the recording industry, while still maintaining said user freedoms.
Of course, working for Penn State, I know that the bloated beurocracy likes to say things like this without having any conception of the technical implications...