Employer monitoring of your activity

[Techguy]

At my place, we do not actively monitor user activity because that would be too much, but if we see that someone is using quite a bit of bandwidth, we would look into 'why?'. Everyone is aware that we "may" monitor, but it looks they don't believe us

In other words play safe

[Chuck Mielke]

Originally posted by Techguy
At my place, we do not actively monitor user activity because that would be too much,
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In other words play safe

I sent my son an E-Mail at his military E-Mail address, and he chastised me and told me not to do it again. I gather the military monitors such, and personal E-Mails are not approved.

The Military IG and ORI inspections also look for misuse of the military computers. Games on the computer, such as Wolfenstein, Doom, or Pinball, will get a write-up. Each base has its own method of monitoring for such, so as to prevent the Inspectors from nailing the base for misuse.

And, of course, the bottom line is that productivity is the key to success, whether Military or Civilian; and gaming, netsurfing, personal E-Mailing, and chat rooms is obviously non-productive.

[jerryctx]

BTW - Courts have ruled that the FBI can install key loggers if they have obtained a search warrant. Even if you encrypt data, they can probably determine the secret key. So, without extrodinary efforts on your part, nothing is private on either your or your employer's computer.

I have no sympathy if you are breaking the law or wasting company resources, but most of us have secrets we don't want the boss or our spouse to know (e.g., looking for a job at the competition). If there's something you don't want the world to know, DONT RECORD IT ON A COMPUTER.