"Livejournal staff apparently looking at flocked posts if they feel like it."
That part I don't have a problem with... that's the case for just about any online service. Admin privileges will let you see everything on the site; they have to if the admin is going to be able to do his/her/its job properly. Seriously, folks, don't put anything in a Friends-locked post that must absolutely be kept confidential... and not just because of this, but because all it takes is one moment of forgetfulness on the "lock" button or one indiscreet Friend to blow the doors off. If it's too hot to get out widely, I suggest not sharing it online (anywhere, not just LJ) but rather putting it down in a truly private journal/diary on your own computer. (Or doing it the old-fashioned way with pen-and-well-hidden-book.)
"And then leaving stalkery comments."
That's where I have a problem, but that doesn't lie at the feet of LJ but rather the admin doing it... unless LJ fails to take action against the staffer abusing his/her/its privileges.
-- Steve has experience with admin privileges, and isn't as quick to blame the service as others seem to be given his experience.
I work somewhere that values security. I have plenty of rights in the dev systems, and pretty much none on the production boxes. Even the people that do have access on the production boxes only have that access when they submit requests for access and it's all audited/monitored. They can't just go wandering through customer data when they feel like it.
I'd thought that somewhere on one of the many threads discussing this, someone had already said that there's an audit log for using the "view all" privilege, so that people wouldn't just use it willy-nilly.
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That part I don't have a problem with... that's the case for just about any online service. Admin privileges will let you see everything on the site; they have to if the admin is going to be able to do his/her/its job properly. Seriously, folks, don't put anything in a Friends-locked post that must absolutely be kept confidential... and not just because of this, but because all it takes is one moment of forgetfulness on the "lock" button or one indiscreet Friend to blow the doors off. If it's too hot to get out widely, I suggest not sharing it online (anywhere, not just LJ) but rather putting it down in a truly private journal/diary on your own computer. (Or doing it the old-fashioned way with pen-and-well-hidden-book.)
"And then leaving stalkery comments."
That's where I have a problem, but that doesn't lie at the feet of LJ but rather the admin doing it... unless LJ fails to take action against the staffer abusing his/her/its privileges.
-- Steve has experience with admin privileges, and isn't as quick to blame the service as others seem to be given his experience.
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