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There is a time and place for everything—and you should not assume a business environment is the only possible setting in which colleagues might pass by unattended workstations. Ideally the prank is pulled in a high-trust, low-stakes environment like a college campus or high school computer lab, before corporate policies are part of one's life. It is also a rich tradition, from the days of yore, before robust security practices became standard: • http://catb.org/jargon/html/B/baggy-pantsing.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/B/baggy-pantsing.html • http://catb.org/jargon/html/D/derf.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/D/derf.html • https://www.multicians.org/cookie.html https://www.multicians.org/cookie.html I would much rather my colleagues be taught this lesson (even if just through a verbal reprimand) than work with someone who is allowed to remain ignorant of the risks of their behaviour.