It was revealed last week that NYU Home may have a bug that lets users read others e-mails. The quirk was noticed this summer University officials said the problem rarely occurred and that is has been since been fixed. But former NYU Home programmers say users are still at risk.
Online privacy is a serious matter.
If the e-mail of a student, professor or administrator can be read and sent by other users, the University community must be informed and a solution must be found. If the programmers claims that NYU Home is unsafe are wrong, Information Technology Services must debunk those statements and let users know what the real circumstances are. It is essential that people know how private their personal e-mail systems are. NYU Home has been created at a great expense of time and money. People expect it, at most, to be cutting edge and, at least, to be safe and private.