In the latest attempt to check up on everyone, as of today all Town employees were directed to forward their computer passwords in
sealed envelopes with their names on them and were told that they would be given to the Supervisor.

The System Administrator(s) can change a user's password.  Further, they likely have access to e-Mail correspondences and IM messages as the logs
should be backed up.  I would NEVER give my password to anyone, including my employer.  They don't need it to audit what I'm doing.  This sounds
very suspicious to me.

Who directed this?  And, how do the employers know that the sealed envelopes will remain sealed and delivered to the Supervisor.  What will the
Supervisor do with them if/when received?  Something is amiss.

Who will have access to the pass words after the supervisor has them and will anyone else be able to obtain them without the supervisors knowledge?

I'd give it to him - then immediately change it after I'd written it down - gotta be careful ya know.

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What will the Supervisor do with them if/when received?  Something is amiss.

Who knows, since the Supervisor himself said he doesn't even know how to use a computer.

Do they ask the same for the cops with their 'on board' computers? How about the members of the town board and attorneys and the super's secretary?

And how do they know that they are just singling out one or two employees under the guise of ALL?

Dissension  among the ranks....perhaps!
Paranoia.....perhaps?

It 2010 even the common citizen knows

Never give your password to anyone

Never write it down

Change it every time someone lese might know it

And remember

Cange on the 1st day of spring, summer, fall, and winter (4x a year or more)
It should be long - more than 8 characters
Use upper and lower case
Use numbers
Use symbols
Most systems require you to cycle at least 5 passwords
-non current street address'work well

Now you hae to wonder just who has access to
Your social securty number
Your drivers lic I'd
Your name and address
Any health issues
Bank acct:s and routing numbers

A move like this could cost the town plenty

The employee handbook needs to be changed to reflect this issue

I sure hope we don't attract the dept of state or a lawsuit from the CSEA on behalf of our town employees.

I would not hold such a suit against the employees should they file one.


So to our town employees gine Del Gallo and Godlewski the thre fingered salute tomorrow

Once loggind in (1)control (2)alternate (3)delete
Look for the box on the lower right corner od the pop up window
"Change Password"

Any IT Tech will tell you that demanding your password is never done!!!! I wouldn't do it!

(above edited - missed the magic hour)

It 2010 even the common citizen knows

Never give your password to anyone

Never write it down

Change it every time someone else might know it

And remember

Cange on the 1st day of spring, summer, fall, and winter (4x a year or more)
It should be long - more than 8 characters
Use upper and lower case
Use numbers
Use symbols
Most systems require you to cycle at least 5 passwords
-non current street address'work well  ie #1100SunriseBlvd

Now you have to wonder just who has access to
Your social securty number
Your drivers lic I'd
Your name and address
Any health issues
Bank acct:s and routing numbers
all i need to do login with credentials in the envelope, change the time and surf away,

database clicks are logged by the server clock not the workstation unless the workstation is the server
so access and add, deletes, and changes to records can be tracked as the access log would show the time change

A move like this could cost the town plenty

The employee handbook needs to be changed to reflect this issue

I sure hope we don't attract the dept of state or a lawsuit from the CSEA on behalf of our town employees.

I would not hold such a suit against the employees should they file one.


So to our town employees should give Del Gallo and Godlewski the three fingered salute tomorrow

Once logged in (1)control+ (2)alternate+ (3)delete
Look for the box on the lower left corner of the pop up window
"Change Password"

I believe the System Admin is a former councilmember MDV who resigned in disgrace for a no bid computer contract broohaha. Maybe there has been a breach of security. I hear the Feds have been alerted that there may be fed charges. Ohhh my.

Breach or not........there is no reason to ask for passwords! The breach, if there really was one, could have most certainly come from 'inside' town hall as well!

Turning over passwords is NOT the way you handle an alleged 'security breach'!  

Who was in charge of the passwords before?????? The clerk or no one??? or hacks???

I would put a false password in the sealed envelope. then let them approach me!!

The Feds took hard drives during Siggy's admin. When security is breached the innocent have no reason not to comply. The biggest complainers know something isn't kosher eh Bumble.

Buh buh Tee Hee

You mean you would lie to the town supervisor about something.  Especially something that is attached to town property.  Are you afraid of what you have been doing during work hours?