[LINK] Messages to be monitored before going to schools

[Chris Maltby]

On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 03:56:44PM +1100, Adam Todd wrote:
> Just in case no one picked this up ...  Interesting comments - particularly 
> about allegations and child protection.

Indeed.

> Messages to be monitored before going to schools
> By Linda Doherty, Education Writer
> February 17 2003

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> "There's no doubt that student emails will be monitored. The department [of 
> education] has the capacity to monitor every single email communication," 
> Ms Leete said.

I really doubt that they do. And if they do, it's hardly the best way to
spend education dollars...

> "We are advising our members that there is no such thing as a confidential 
> email."

Fair enough, but that's not the same as "all emails will be monitored".

> All public schools and TAFE colleges are scheduled to have the email 
> accounts by December, at a cost of $33 million. The Government will also 
> provide email accounts for up to 2000 parents and citizens organisations in 
> schools.

That's a lot of bucks for what should be a cookie-cutter rollout. Must
be using MS Exchange etc. I wonder if they've factored in the cost of
hacking?

> This story was found at: 
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/16/1045330466694.html