Security News > 2023 > April > Thanks for fixing the computer lab. Now tell us why we shouldn’t expel you?

On Call It's always twelve o'clock somewhere, the saying goes, but Friday comes around but once a week and only this day dies The Register offer a fresh instalment of On Call, our reader-contributed tales of tech support torture and turmoil.

"Being a helpful kind of guy he is, and a CompSci student, he jumped into troubleshooting mode," Hank Senior told On Call.

Hank Junior did worry his actions might be interpreted the wrong way, but also rationalised that such an obvious password meant it was surely intended for wide use.

"They went ballistic, and he was threatened with expulsion," Hank Senior told On Call.

"As his father, and a professional programmer myself, I told him that I was proud of him and that this story could be used to garner points in the industry," Hank Senior told On-Call.

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