The ethics of lost flash drives
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Hypothetical* situation: You find a flash drive in the library. Being a kind-hearted soul, you locate the contact information for the owner (based on files on the flash drive) and drop the person a line. They thank you profusely and set up a tentative rendezvous date at which you can return their property to them. When the planned-on date arrives, they stand you up, and they do not respond to follow-up attempts at contacting them.

At what point does it become appropriate to wipe the data on the flash drive and call it your own? I'm thinking the end of the semester, since this is a university setting, but I'm interested in your thoughts on this matter.





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The ethics of lost flash drives - by BitBuster - 08-Apr-2012, 6:41 PM
The ethics of lost flash drives - by BigOto2 - 08-Apr-2012, 6:55 PM
The ethics of lost flash drives - by BitBuster - 08-Apr-2012, 7:11 PM

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