Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : boraxman
From : Spectre
Date : Sat Apr 02 2022 19:05:00

 bo> I don't like the fact we have to be this careful, but that is just the way
 bo> it is.  The fact is that employers will search for your name, and social
 bo> mores change, so something you said today, which is innocent, is later
 bo> "problematic".  This is what worries me, the more and more that is
 bo> considered to be bigoted and wrong, the more and more likely things we say
 bo> will in 10 years time come up and besmirch our character.

 bo> In that sense, I'd rather use telnet on a BBS, with the discussion not
 bo> indexed by web crawlers, than SSH on a BBS, with the discussion being
 bo> indexed and made permanent by web crawlers.

Well this falls back to a number of ideas..

The BBS system, network isn't private.

As soon as you post something you've lost control of that information

Its something that some are going to call a natural progression of the
antique technology.

Its something to be aware of and adjust accordingly, because its already to
late to change it.

Spec


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