I don't believe they exist.

vi is king and the obvious choice for c programmers.. Emacs for lisp programmers.

We'll just blame it on the algorithm.

If I can remember my DOS days, system, hidden, and read only are just flags set as an attribute. Programs are written to look at these flags and do the right thing. The only reason a program would not write to a read-only file is because the programmer chose to look for the flag and not write. It still can if it wants to. Same for a don't-encrypt flag. Maybe things have changed over the past 30 years. IDK. It's been too many years since I've done any file operations in code.

A lot can happen with that $31mil/yr in dues. Union Bosses are thirsty.

There were some SSNs in the mix so you have identity theft. There are viewable paychecks so you have account numbers and routing number. There is salary information so you have extortion or accept the fallout of the employees information being published. There is student discipline data so now you have gross FERPA violations and lawsuits if it goes public.

Seriously. You have to take this seriously. It's not a fun topic and you can't make it fun. What will you say to the judge in court when you are asked your sexual harassment policy? "We make the men wear silly ties." We are in an era of litigation. Punishing employees like children won't work. My suggestion is have a written policy with an escalation process. Then follow said process. You should already have this and policies for other issues like treatment of people with disabilities. You should also have periodic training/education at least annually. Oh yeah, if you don't already have one, get an attorney and have your policy/training reviewed.

I agree with this. Copy your personal files off... that shouldn't have been there to begin with then scrub the disk. I have about 100 employees and I really don't want to see what they have on their laptops or worry what the big boys up the chain might see. I give them a bootable CD that does one thing: scrubs that disk. I use the don't ask don't tell policy. Whatever you've been doing in that computer, I don't want to know. Go tell your priest. It can be reformatted/reimaged later. Oh yeah, I prefer DBAN... just because of the cool name.

How about a $3.4M grant researching how universities and colleges abuse the privacy of teens and students?

No. The employees get "sold" too. This is the way it's happened in the past starting with the sale of IBM Federal to Loral back in the mid-90's. Later... sale of IBM Global Network to AT&T..... sale of IBM PC to Lenovo. You just simply become an employee of the buying company that may lay you off. Hopefully, the buyer's severance package is better but that's rarely the case.

It's all about power. The ability to control or influence the around you. It's often derived from money. In our brave new democracy, we can now get it from votes. All the name calling doesn't matter. Liberal or Conservative doesn't matter. Democratically elected positions of the 20th and 21st centuries look for voting blocks. Appear to impress your voting blocks to keep them voting for you. Take a little from the moderates. After you're elected or re-elected, the world is your chess board. You win by controlling or influencing the most areas (or the correct areas). I see all this happening here.

That's why I never send personal email on the company's system. I also don't keep any personal files on the company supplied computer nor do web browsing on it. It's a hassle sometimes, especially when I need to carry around my personal laptop. And, in reverse, I never do "work" on my personal computers. While I don't think my company is spying on me, I go by that assumption because they can start at any time without my knowledge. It's my way of mitigating that risk. In general, I think it's also a good way to keep my personal life separate from work. I learned that years ago during some stress reduction workshops I participated in.

Don't blame the website for not wanting to put up with your baggage. Blame the stalker. Take legal matters in your own hands and go after him/her.