The Belltower

Replying for Bells in general on the notebook question: "acceptable" is probably the wrong word to use. Like, would it sometimes lead to outcomes we liked? Yes, if we've been kidnapped or we're sleeping-Kithabel waiting to be kissed, then we want people to have resources to fix these problems for us. Does that mean we want to weaken (at all!) the rules governing notebook-looking? No, not really. From the perspective of a Bell who has not yet noticed how many things happen to us, it's staggeringly unlikely to be useful to have an exception, and people inventing exceptions for themselves are more likely to be against our privacy than in favor of us being rescued from future kidnappings.