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mrc 10113 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:00 AM (EST) "Do you snoop?" Is logging into someone else's account without permission always ethically wrong, or does it depend on the circumstance? If you think that Facebook or email password of yours is safe in the hands of your friends, families, significant others, hermit crabs, etc. -- a recent poll on Internet Evolution suggests you may be naive. In an online survey, 42 percent of Internet users admitted to logging into other people's email and social networking accounts without their knowledge. http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=466&doc_id=161919& A SHARper Image   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Do you snoop? Spanky68 08-22-08 1    RE: Do you snoop? HobbsofMI 08-22-08 3        RE: Do you snoop? Spanky68 08-22-08 6            RE: Do you snoop? HobbsofMI 08-22-08 8  RE: Do you snoop? HobbsofMI 08-22-08 2  RE: Do you snoop? jbug 08-22-08 4  RE: Do you snoop? samboohoo 08-22-08 5  RE: Do you snoop? foonermints 08-22-08 7  RE: Do you snoop? thndrkttn 08-22-08 9    RE: Do you snoop? foonermints 08-22-08 10  RE: Do you snoop? Seana 08-22-08 11  RE: Do you snoop? dragonflies 08-22-08 12  RE: Do you snoop? VisionQuest 08-22-08 13  RE: Do you snoop? kingfish 08-22-08 14    RE: Do you snoop? foonermints 08-22-08 15        RE: Do you snoop? bystander 08-22-08 18        RE: Do you snoop? kingfish 08-23-08 29            RE: Do you snoop? foonermints 08-23-08 30  RE: Do you snoop? brvnkrz 08-22-08 16  RE: Do you snoop? Max Headroom 08-22-08 17    RE: Do you snoop? bystander 08-22-08 19  RE: Do you snoop? motormouth 08-22-08 20  RE: Do you snoop? mysticwolf 08-22-08 21    RE: Do you snoop? jbug 08-22-08 22  Nope miamicatt 08-22-08 23  Consequences? Estee 08-22-08 24    RE: Consequences? mysticwolf 08-22-08 25        RE: Consequences? AZ_Leo 08-23-08 33            RE: Consequences? cahaya 08-23-08 34  RE: Do you snoop? anotherkim 08-22-08 26    RE: Do you snoop? miamicatt 08-22-08 28        RE: Do you snoop? anotherkim 08-23-08 35  RE: Do you snoop? agman 08-22-08 27  RE: Do you snoop? cahaya 08-23-08 31  RE: Do you snoop? moonbaby 08-23-08 32

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Spanky68 8092 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:04 AM (EST) 1. "RE: Do you snoop?" No. My kids aren't old enough to have email. My Lovely Bride and I use the same email account. But I don't read her email unless she points it out to me. She reads mine sometimes, but I don't think of it as snooping. When my kids are old enough to have email (if there is still email then, I suspect it may bypass computers all together and we might communicate directly from brain to brain in 5-10 years) I will be tempted to check their email. Agman made this fancy sig for me   Top

HobbsofMI 16065 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:07 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Do you snoop?" Mrs. Hobbs reads mine because my Outlook is always open on the home laptop....she uses work or hotmail/yahoo and I think I took a peek once or twice...but it's hard when everything is in Chinese. GO WINGS! 2008 and 2009 Stanley Cup Champs! sig and bouncy by IceCat, and bobble head by Tribephyl   Top

Spanky68 8092 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:13 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Do you snoop?" One of my summer school students was Chinese and he tried to explain the Chinese alphabet to me. He lost me in less than a minute. I understand the basic concept, but I couldn't imagine trying to write or read that way. Agman resized my siggie   Top

HobbsofMI 16065 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:30 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Do you snoop?" On line translators also do an ok to bad job....so that's no use in snooping...lol.... GO WINGS! 2008 and 2009 Stanley Cup Champs! sig and bouncy by IceCat, and bobble head by Tribephyl   Top

HobbsofMI 16065 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:05 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Do you snoop?" I only do it when the employee leaves their Outlook or IE history open....or when I want to send the GPS tracking web page to the local TV news so they can follow them.... GO WINGS! 2008 and 2009 Stanley Cup Champs! sig and bouncy by IceCat, and bobble head by Tribephyl   Top

jbug 17146 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:12 AM (EST) 4. "RE: Do you snoop?" Not me! course DH doesn't use the computer so I don't have anyone to snoop on..... But, I know a girl who had some suspicions and got into her hubby's emails. They had been married less than 6 months. What she read was not real specific - not cut & dried - but clear enough that she came to the conclusion he would soon be cheating if he hadn't already. Long story short; confrontation - yep he admitted the "flirting around" and they divorced just that quick. Snidget put me on the cover! ( first read the title as Do you SWOOP)   Top

samboohoo 17173 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:13 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Do you snoop?" DH and I have our own email accounts, etc. While there should be no need for secrets, etc., I do think that sometimes people (even married couples) need to have personal space. As far as snooping, I believe that it is sometimes necessary, and sometimes the end justifies the means. I made this pie, and I'll be the one who serves it.   Top

foonermints 14531 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:27 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Do you snoop?" No need to. What's to know? "The heart holds secrets not worth the telling" Tribesalad© by Tribey Hey! We better ask Bond! Bet he's got lots of nifty blackmail-type stuff. Like, where is DB Cooper?   Top

thndrkttn 3216 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 08-22-08, 11:35 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Do you snoop?" I heavily snooped in my DH's email right before we got married. His mother and sister were causing HUGE issues and I wanted to know what was being said in all the emails. My MIL was trashing me, my family, making up all kinds of nasty stories. DH was mortified and wouldn't tell me what she was saying because he didn't want it to hurt me. I snooped because I DID want to know. It didn't hurt me at all. Just proved my initial impression of her was correct. She's a bitch, plain and simple. The only time I snoop, if you can call it that, is when we're making plans with his friend's and DH forgets to tell exactly when they're coming and I can't get a hold of him. So I go in and look for the dates, times, etc. so the house will be cleaned and the fridge full.   Top

foonermints 14531 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 11:57 AM (EST) 10. "RE: Do you snoop?" »so the house will be cleaned and the fridge full. « Ooh! Exactly what day is that? *plans surprise visit*   Top

Seana 5044 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 12:01 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Do you snoop?" DH reads my email, which is probably just as well, since I forget to tell him things, like that we've been invited to a birthday party or that the BBQ is at my sister's this time. He doesn't really have email, but I wouldn't read it, probably. I expect I will spot check the kids' email when they get old enough. Sometimes DD has trouble telling me about problems with kids at school. For example, one of the girls was calling periodically for a while. I just handed over the phone to DD after asking who it was. What I didn't know is that the girl would then just ramble nonsense until her brother showed up to drop the f-bomb repeatedly. So I had to show DD how to screen calls. We had a talk about giving out our number - not that she'd done anything wrong, but she wasn't really friends with that girl and it's odd that she would want our number. And I told her that if she was ever iffy about that kind of thing again, that she could say I didn't allow her to give out our number. I don't mind playing the bad guy. Agman made it so!   Top

dragonflies 8051 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 12:15 PM (EST) 12. "RE: Do you snoop?" At work I have administrator access and will access other peoples email if I need to. Usually not to snoop, it is more likely a work related issue. As far as my kids or DH, yes, I also access their accounts. DH nearly never goes on the computer at home, and he has no idea what/how many emails I have, or the passwords for. I don't really go into the kids emails, but I will read over their shoulders when they are on. I also have access to DS's Myspace account, and he knows it. That was the condition upon which he was able to get one. It begins 8-8-08 sig by Arkie   Top

VisionQuest 1171 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 08-22-08, 12:15 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Do you snoop?" Never have snooped on kids email - I probably should. Every once in a while I do confiscate the cell phones and look at the text they are sending and receiving. Haven't seen anything that worries me so I have even slowed down on that. Never snooped on DH either. I never really even thought about it. I know why people do snoop on spouses, but I wouldn't want someone doing it to me so I don't do it to him.   Top

kingfish 20752 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 12:32 PM (EST) 14. "RE: Do you snoop?" No. You can trust me with all your secrets, PINs, IDs, PWs, Swiss Bank Account No's, and treasure maps. I am not the Mole.   Top

foonermints 14531 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 12:59 PM (EST) 15. "RE: Do you snoop?" So where have you hidden Bigfoot?   Top

bystander 4968 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold" 08-22-08, 01:13 PM (EST) 18. "RE: Do you snoop?" LAST EDITED ON 08-22-08 AT 01:14 PM (EST) Bigfoot may just show up here sometime soon.   Top

kingfish 20752 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-23-08, 08:09 AM (EST) 29. "RE: Do you snoop?" "So where have you hidden Bigfoot? " I made a solemn promise that I would not reveal that my big feet were in a freezer in the basement of my castle protected by my mean-assed moat monster in the rolling hills of Loch Ness. And a promise is a promise. Foonerwood   Top

foonermints 14531 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-23-08, 10:49 AM (EST) 30. "RE: Do you snoop?" Hah! Look what I found while SNOOPING! Keeper of the NoNiceGorn   Top

brvnkrz 20491 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 01:06 PM (EST) 16. "RE: Do you snoop?" No. I'm not a snooper. I believe in ignorance is bliss. I also believe in having our own space. And if she is doing something wrong, I'll find out one way or another without having to snoop. An Arkie original.   Top

Max Headroom 10069 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 01:07 PM (EST) 17. "RE: Do you snoop?" DW and I have separate emails. I never read hers unless she asks me to, and she doesn't read mine either (at least that I know of). I have nothing to hide, so I'm not worried. What worries me more is that she occasionally lurks around OT! A SharTribe original!   Top

bystander 4968 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold" 08-22-08, 01:17 PM (EST) 19. "RE: Do you snoop?" My DW lurks around here now and then. She threatened to post as me during AI last season. I had to put her in her place   Top

motormouth 4507 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold" 08-22-08, 01:37 PM (EST) 20. "RE: Do you snoop?" Personally, I enjoy snooping. Or, I *used* to, before I saw things that upset me. Now, I force myself not to. I haven't found anything horrible, but I found lots of flirting and more than anything, things that brought on more questions than answers. I then had to decide whether to rat myself out by asking, lol. My DH has snooped, too. I've come to the conclusion that unless we have a "real" reason to snoop, we deserve what we find. My DD is not allowed to have a myspace, but I do have access to her email. If she leaves it open, I'll see who she's emailing with, but rarely will I read the emails. I think the rules are different when you're dealing with a child as opposed to a spouse. Like Bravie said, there are other ways to find out if something is amiss with your SO. Flashy sig by RollDdice   Top

mysticwolf 10692 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 02:55 PM (EST) 21. "RE: Do you snoop?" I did so on my job when there were questions about inappropriate computer use. Privately? It still feels wrong to log into John's accounts. That's something I'm going to have to get over. Not realizing that he was having our electric bill sent to him via e-mail almost got my service turned off this month. Smokeysmom's comfort   Top

jbug 17146 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 03:26 PM (EST) 22. "RE: Do you snoop?" Mystic, you have made me realize I have to make some notes at home. DH doesn't use the computer at all; so I have to make notes of all sites and passwords for ordering his meds and my mom's meds as well as all the other stuff I do on-line so that my niece can help him should something happen to me. I'm already started lists of where all insurance policies are and things like that. more {hugs} for you Snidget put me on the cover!   Top

miamicatt 9247 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 03:42 PM (EST) 23. "Nope" LAST EDITED ON 08-22-08 AT 03:47 PM (EST) Although I don't know if I will with my kid and internet stuff...but we'll see. My mom read my diary once when I was a teenager and I still remember (yes kids, we had paper diaries waaay back then *shuffle along*) how betrayed and angry I felt at the invasion of my privacy. As for other snooping -- no I don't do it. My previous marriage taught me a bad lesson and gave me some really bad trust issues and I learned that nothing positive can come out of snooping for me. If I looked and found something -- I'd be upset. If I looked and found nothing, I wasn't relieved, I just told myself that I didn't find anything because he found a way to hide it better. So since it's nothing more than an exercise in frustration, I gave it up. ETA: Oh and your sigpic made me LOL.   Top

Estee 57126 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 03:56 PM (EST) 24. "Consequences?" So if opening someone's physical mail is a criminal offense, what should opening another person's electronic correspondence be?   Top

mysticwolf 10692 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 04:53 PM (EST) 25. "RE: Consequences?" Evidently, the same. The FBI got involved in this case, and the person snooping was charged. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26347050/ Smokeysmom's comfort   Top

AZ_Leo 3526 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Thong Contest Judge" 08-23-08, 12:32 PM (EST) 33. "RE: Consequences?" Unless, of course, you are with the FBI, CIA, NSA, EPA, FDA, anywhere in the justice department or vice president's office. Then it's perfectly OK to do so without permission or cause. A smokeysmom original   Top

cahaya 19891 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-23-08, 05:15 PM (EST) 34. "RE: Consequences?" And don't forget the TSA. They can also steal your laptop without cause.   Top

anotherkim 14420 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 05:15 PM (EST) 26. "RE: Do you snoop?" Mr. Kim and I read each other's emails if they are open or around. I've logged in as him on myspace before because I set up his account in the first place. We generally know all the passwords for all the accounts. I don't have a problem with it because that's just the way we are, kwim? We also open each other's mail. As for my kiddo that is old enough to myspace--the deal is that A. I'm on his friends list and B. I have access to the account at all times. If he wants to be online, that's the price he'll pay. I'm setting up email for my classes this semester and I'll have administrator rights to all accounts, but I can't see reading them unless there was an actual reason. ] --lately I can't even keep up with my own email, let alone someone else's.   Top

miamicatt 9247 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 05:39 PM (EST) 28. "RE: Do you snoop?" I *heart* you.   Top

anotherkim 14420 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-23-08, 07:40 PM (EST) 35. "RE: Do you snoop?" Right back at ya, baby. ] --so, you pregnant again yet?   Top

agman 11166 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-22-08, 05:35 PM (EST) 27. "RE: Do you snoop?" >Is logging into someone else's account >without permission always ethically wrong, >or does it depend on >the circumstance? Whether or not it's ethically wrong is up for people wiser than me to decide. To me the real question is...Do you really want to discover some of the dirt you may uncover? You might find out what people are saying or doing behind your back and it may not be pleasant. It can be almost like that visit to the doctor you keep putting off even though something is obviously wrong. You don't go because you are afraid your worst fesrs will be verified. This can be the same. A friend of mine was suspecting his wife was having an affair but couldn't prove it.(And didn't want to)he did snoop in her e-mail account and found some very provacative messages between his wife and her lover. I don't think he was ready for the emotional crash that discovery caused.   Top

cahaya 19891 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-23-08, 11:39 AM (EST) 31. "RE: Do you snoop?" Do I snoop? Of course, my dear Watson! Sherlocked by agman. Who set loose the Hound of the Postervilles?   Top

moonbaby 17120 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 08-23-08, 12:17 PM (EST) 32. "RE: Do you snoop?" Noop.   Top

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