The university owns the bandwith, they can block it, scan it, whatever. But invading the student's PC's is an invasion of privacy. This isn't even like watching employees. In a company, the PC belongs to the company, not the employee. These are the student's personal computers. The school has absolutely no right to scan the systems.
Remember, it's only students using the UF Department of Housing network from the dorms, NOT the campus-wide network. Plenty of open computer labs and other places to plug in a network. I'm sure there's WAP's all over now too...
Dorm residents have always been required to sign agreements banning all sorts of activities and even posession of certain items (i.e. pets, electric burners, etc).[1] You want to live on campus, you gotta play by the campus's rules. So yes, UF does have the right to scan student's PCs when the student is living on state property and using the housing network.
Whether that's fair or not is left to the reader.
The student is therefore totally liable for anything illegal found on that PC.
Yes. Yes, he is. Shocking that, being legally responsible for the contents of one's computer. If you want to pirate software, music, and movies than don't be surprised that if you get caught, you'll actually be held responsible.
The university should limit its power to scanning internet traffic.
Specifically, the e-shirts section. But there's some other slightly amusing stuff on their.
I picked up some "lobe strobes" at a local music store having a going-out-of-business sale. Compact little metal cylinder that flashes very bright orange and blue. Good for freaking out cats and co-workers.
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Remember, it's only students using the UF Department of Housing network from the dorms, NOT the campus-wide network. Plenty of open computer labs and other places to plug in a network. I'm sure there's WAP's all over now too...
Dorm residents have always been required to sign agreements banning all sorts of activities and even posession of certain items (i.e. pets, electric burners, etc).[1] You want to live on campus, you gotta play by the campus's rules. So yes, UF does have the right to scan student's PCs when the student is living on state property and using the housing network.
Whether that's fair or not is left to the reader.
Yes. Yes, he is. Shocking that, being legally responsible for the contents of one's computer. If you want to pirate software, music, and movies than don't be surprised that if you get caught, you'll actually be held responsible. True story: The entire UF campus lost connectivity to the outside world back in ~99 repeatedly. Turned out that a student's use of a particular instant messaging client happened to trigger a bug in a core router that crashed the IOS. Woopsie![1] Not that that didn't stop some students from trying to burn down South hall...
Specifically, the e-shirts section. But there's some other slightly amusing stuff on their.
I picked up some "lobe strobes" at a local music store having a going-out-of-business sale. Compact little metal cylinder that flashes very bright orange and blue. Good for freaking out cats and co-workers.