Re: Ethics.

From: Chris Proctor (cjp@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au)
Date: 01/24/00


On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Mike Stilson wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Chris Proctor wrote:
>
> > What possible reason would you have to do it other than to violate player
> > privacy though?
> >
> > If there actually IS a good reason, I withdraw that remark ;-)
> >
>
> I've been on several muds where the passwords were logged just to cut down
> on the annoying "I lost my password" requests.  but most of them also
> logged email addy's and had a program to email the pwd's back.
>
> About the only reason I can think for doing it.

Hmm. When people come complaining to me of a bad memory like that I tend
to get them to prove they are who they say they are and email a new
password to the address specified in the player.

Not necessary to log them, I'd think.

Chris


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