# Better Access to PMs for Admin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-access-to-pms-for-admin/27181>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [04.Апрель.2015 00:44:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-access-to-pms-for-admin/27181 "2015-04-04T00:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [04.Апрель.2015 12:38:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-access-to-pms-for-admin/27181/6 "2015-04-04T12:38:58Z")

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There are other ways to handle even these extreme fear-mongering examples that don’t require Admins snooping through their users private and personal information, especially when it’s Personal Health Information.

A few ideas:

- Disable attachments in messages
- Disable external links or flag excessive links
- Flags for suspect messages

Whenever I discuss this with my infosec & privacy colleagues, they’re always extremely suspect of why any admin would fight so hard to be able to snoop around like this. There’s a reason why the “minimum access necessary” theory is a thing.

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