From 6727c3087307c00f39f7f618f7fb1a42326595573a57d775c2da2f7ae91a6492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Johnson Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Initial commit --- content/post/siue-cyberstalking-feature.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/post/siue-cyberstalking-feature.md (limited to 'content/post/siue-cyberstalking-feature.md') diff --git a/content/post/siue-cyberstalking-feature.md b/content/post/siue-cyberstalking-feature.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bad5cfb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/post/siue-cyberstalking-feature.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +title: "SIUe Cyberstalking Feature" +date: 2020-06-06T00:00:00 +draft: false +--- +https://www.siue.edu/search/people.shtml[1] + +This lesser-known feature has existed for at least 2 years and probably much longer than that. I emailed their helpdesk[2] several times pointing out the search feature could be abused by cyberstalkers and data mined. I pointed out that it should require authentication and not be open to the public internet. It's a huge risk for student privacy and safety. Anyone can find any student's full name, area of study, rank, home address, phone number and university email. A week later, I still have no response. + +A quick search reveals that other university's student directories generally don't include the student's rank, home address, or phone number. SIUe should at least remove the home address and phone number fields from public view. + + +Link(s): +[1: https://www.siue.edu/search/people.shtml](https://www.siue.edu/search/people.shtml) +[2: mailto:help@siue.edu](mailto:help@siue.edu) -- cgit v1.2.3