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So I was reading this link off slashdot and noticed the paper wrote "sing a laptop with a wireless card outside the district's main office, the 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." Later in the article they mention that they informed the school about the situation.
Certainly such articles would bring wireless security issues to a more public light. Is it the newspapers job to tresspass on their network any more than it is for them to be trying to exploit a web server's vulnerability to see what personal information they can get out of them? Will more media start doing this to get an easy story sure to inflame a few people? Will they get sued for their actions?
In a way I think there are some positive things that can come from this, especially protection of the students privacy, but I'm not sure I feel like it is their place to be the ones to do it. I certainly don't think its safe legal ground, although perhaps public backlash in the event of a lawsuit makes them more comfortable doing it. Just curious what the rest of you think.
Certainly such articles would bring wireless security issues to a more public light. Is it the newspapers job to tresspass on their network any more than it is for them to be trying to exploit a web server's vulnerability to see what personal information they can get out of them? Will more media start doing this to get an easy story sure to inflame a few people? Will they get sued for their actions?
In a way I think there are some positive things that can come from this, especially protection of the students privacy, but I'm not sure I feel like it is their place to be the ones to do it. I certainly don't think its safe legal ground, although perhaps public backlash in the event of a lawsuit makes them more comfortable doing it. Just curious what the rest of you think.
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