[Wftl-lug] Funny use of Linux

[Robert Boardman]

I think it is interesting that all the responses so far to Patrick's note have been about the 
rights and responsibilities of being a parent. I think it's great that a teenager found an elegant 
solution to a problem she faced and the solution involved Linux. I cannot count how many 
times one of us in this group has said (in one way or another) "Linux is the solution to the 
problem".

Patrick has given us a good example of one of our "mantras" but for some reason no one 
has commented on that aspect of his note. The first response I read seemed to make an 
assumption that the mother hid the presence of the keylogger from her daughter, an 
assumption for which there is no support in Patrick's note. Others commented on the the 
rights of parents without knowing any more about the situation than what Patrick put in his 
note. I think we should be pleased Linux is a tool of choice to solve problems among at least 
some teens.


On 18 Dec 2007 at 16:31, Patrick Green wrote:

> So I was talking to a friend of mine I have not spoken to in about six
> years.  While we were catching up I had mentioned my involvement in
> Open Source and Linux.  She got real quiet for a moment and told me
> she thought Linux was evil.  She is a housewife so I am trying to
> figure out what an OS ever did to her.  She has 4 kids.  Her oldest if
> 15.  Well, the 15 year old learned that mom had put a keylogger on her
> computer.  So she used a live distro to boot up the computer whenever
> she was doing emails, IM, or Myspace.
> 
> Now, as a friend, I know I should be on the parents side.  Overall I
> am. But I could not help but chuckle at a 15 year old girl's elegant
> solution to her privacy.
> 
> Cheers
> 
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Robert Boardman
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