A computer glitch which allowed some Google users to inadvertently see otherâ??s e-mail is underscoring some of the pitfalls colleges have, when students and faculty rely on computer applications that donâ??t have campus oversight.
It didnâ??t happen here in Wisconsin. The glitch occurred at Brown University in Rhode Island. UW-Madison Information Technology director Brian Rust says it doesnâ??t happen frequently. But itâ??s the kind of thing in which I.T. officials everywhere take note. Rust says it probably wouldnâ??t go over well at UW-Madison if students discovered that their gmail, facilitated by campus officials, was able to be read by other students. (3rd item.)