Has any one heard of Local Authority or other public sector employers tapping into employee's home computer?
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If you use your home computer AT work, then they would be stupid NOT to..... most companies with any network sense, would ban that use immediately, the whole companies future could hinge on that fact (imagine you have a virus on your home PC, you connect into the company network and BAM!!! 1,000 PC's immediatley infected - NOT good)\nAs far as home use, it is a fallacy IF you have a firewall, or are on cable/dsl with a router - simply your PC is invisible to the Internet if you have NAT turned on (Network Address Translation) as the IP address of your PC will not even exist on the internet for them to find, the only only IP address the Internet sees is that of your router. via the modem.
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If it is built in from a school or work then the only way around it is to find the range of IPs it uses and pick one that it doesn't.  But the chance of that happening is slim to none.  It is usually an appliance such as websense and there is no way around it.
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yes it is highly probable\nthey can track all webpages you went to\nall emails you sent etc.\nto be short , they can track everything you do on your computer as long the ethernet cable is plugged in
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Assuming you mean monitoring employee's e-mail originating from company computers, I would not favor the law.  Employers lose millions of hours of productivity to online gaming and other personal uses of the internet such as personal e-mail, all on the employer's bill.  Employee use of internet resources should be monitored and those that abuse the system for hours each day should be docked pay for every hour they waste.
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Once, this morning, I realised that my work computer was missing. It had clearly been taken by one of my housemates, so I did a dump on their bed, and rubbed it in a bit, and I dropped some scabs in their porridge.\n\nImagine my embarrassment when I got work only to be reminded that I was sacked last week for doing a dump on my boss's desk, and that I had been forced to hand over my computer at that point.\n\nWe had to laugh. Well I did, my housemates haven't come home yet.
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Yes ....Someone else's computer
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A simple scan for a computer virus is most likely.  There are sys admin tools that can actually review all the web pages that you opened.  For example was the Yahoo site marked as Adult in nature?\n  It depends on your company.  For example: you were working a web search for "Women's Health" for a company assigned project and a female body part picture popped up, then you could argue that you had no way to know until it was too late.  If you were opening your personal email, then that could be a problem, if it was monitored.\n  Do people get in trouble for such things?  yeah definately.\n  Bear in mind the number of websites that people in your company visit.  Unless your company used a website sniffer, the task is awsome.  What drives me nuts is the number of people who visit known inappropriate sites on company computers.
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Perhaps decentralised software (e.g. programs that you use through your browser and therefore don't install locally). A good example of this is at [1].
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Sorry, there's no way to check My Answers from home.  You have to login to Novell to do that and you can only do that from a Radioshack terminal.  They were looking into allowing that from home but eventually decided it wasn't worth the risk for a hacker to come in and get social security numbers, paycheck amounts, checking account numbers, etc.
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sounds like invasion of privacy to me. boss ever heard of civil rights?
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You need to understand that the system administrator can easily watch your desktop, what you type, where you go, etc! They can even record what you are doing when they arent watching! Its called VNC software and I use it on my network all the time! I can easily watch all activities and when I am not there I can set my PC to record their actions! I also have complete control of their desktop! Its all perfectly legal too because you signed a waiver! The only thing your company cant do is watch you take a dump! BEWARE! A good indicator that someone is watching your desktop is you may see your mouse move on its own!
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you can't find out what other people are doing on their computer   duh\ndon't be so nosy
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Remote desktop will do it, as will PcAnywhere, GoToMyPC, and a number of others...  But be aware that you will require permission from your employer to do so.\n\nFrankly, it's better to get your network or IT administrator to set it up for you, unless you're very sure what you are doing, because this can be a huge security risk.  If they do it, it will be in compliance with the company's security policies - and you won't get blamed if something goes wrong :-)
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our company monitors everything employees are doing on the 'puters...alot of companies are doing it for there own safety
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Trying to solve a mystery? Wondering what others in the household may have been up to on the computer?\nThere are programs that track what people are looking at on their computers and you can see what others in the family have been doing on the computer.\nGo to www.cnet.com and look at downloads. There may be one there. Used very commonly in companies where employees work on computers, to see if they are goofing off.
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Here in Ca. where i own my business. Anyone can go to the office where the business lisence was granted and they have a computer system in their loby you can get all their information off of.
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Very probably, more than this New Labour idea of 'Open Government' will ever tell us.  \n\nHowever, I am more concerned about the technology behind digital TV which has a telephone connection, even now during the 'change over period. \n\nWhen will snoopers be able to listen to the conversations in our homes through the technology in TVs and that telephone connection?\n\nA few years back in the late 90s the European Union 'thingy' were considering introducing a 'Bit Tax' which would be applied to all computers home and commercial and linked to the amount of information we send or receive!  They threw that out  - temporarily?