Hal found out the hard way that his Penn State Access Account is not a "family account" to be shared with his wife and children. While at work one day, he received a phone call from his manager that illegal MP3 files had been downloaded with his Access Account. "That's strange," he thought, "I use Penn State's Online Music Service through Napster." As it turns out, his son, who frequently used Hal's account for dial-up access from home, had a field day downloading music files with his friends. Hal was about to learn a hard lesson about Access Account qualifications and policies. He thought it was perfectly fine to share his account with his wife and children simply because they are his family—but in reality, it's a violation of University Policy AD20: Computer and Network Security. You didn't realize this, either? To learn more about effective digital identity practices, see the following:
The above story illustrates real-life digital identity situations that have occurred at Penn State or other universities around the country. Names have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.
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