Oz Government to let my boss spy on me ...
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As others have said - don't do anything on your work computer that you don't want others to see. This has been the rule for ages. The reality is that all these emails about being home late for dinner - who cares if someone reads them. I recall when we had analog mobile phones that could be easily eavesdropped - in a moment of curiosity I fired up a spectrum analyzer and had a listen - it was mind-numbingly boring. Email has dangers for many reasons - one of the least of which is that the boss may read them. Really it's about as big a threat to my privacy as the council weighing my garbage - the other privacy media beat-up today (link[^]). If you are really worried, install PGP or arrange some certificates with your friends.
Peter "Until the invention of the computer, the machine gun was the device that enabled humans to make the most mistakes in the smallest amount of time."
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In an ideal world I only ever would do this in my own time (e.g lunch time) but how does my Boss (or his voyeristic lacky) really know what is my own time? The point is that someone looking at an email sent to me in good faith by another person should not have to worry about if a third party may intercept it. On the surface it seems so simple. Just only do work related things on work provided facilities. Well that'll mean no private postal mail, no private conversations with anyone (not even the footy results), no private phone calls just work work work for the corporation .... now if that ain't 1984 a bit late I don't know what is. I'm hoping that employers will use this to differentiate hwo they employ people. i.e we are a non-gender, non racial, and non eves dropping employer! The bottom line is the government is bringing this in, in the guise of anti terrorism which is really quite laughable despite the real reasons behind it.
Peter Hayward Ngarkat Technologies South Australia,
And here I was thinking that it has been legal for years :sigh: I have ALWAYS assumed that anything done from the office is available to the boss - mind you if your boss is a voyueristic sod then you have a problem with your boss, not the fact that he/she can access your emails. And yes I may have a simplistic view of the world.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Thunderbox666 wrote:
people spending more time on ebay and similar sites
Yeah, I've seen a lot of public servants doing that, and it's quite valid that if your employer gives you the wherewithall to waste your work time, they can also monitor if you do so. At least, I think so. I'd be appalled if an employer told me I couldn't ever use CP, or check an email or an ebay auction, but if someone is spending hours on it, that's anotehr thing entirely.
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Where I work I run up against the net Nazi regularly, I can understand the porn sites being blocked from work and maybe some of the weirder sites but anything with "blog" in the address gets blocked:mad: I have no access to any sort of web mail (yahoo, hotmail etc) which is really annoying, mind you they complained I was getting too much spam. When I explained I could not use my usual ploy of using a hotmail for some site they were a little sheepish. Be thankful they only have the right to inspect and not restrict!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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:) when my mum and dad were last over Mum went into the local Commonwealth Bank to change $100 nz cash to Australian $ and they wanted 100 points of ID. Now, shes nearly 70 so hardly a security risk and over 100 bucks its a farce - she told them to get stuffed and walked out.(nice way to treat visitors) My mate stephen arrived from vegas to live (kiwi) bought a mobile phone - they wanted to see 100 points of ID - he was gobsmacked. Rent a flat - 100 points of ID. Send a package overseas - they want to not only see your ID they also record it too. I can actually understand the septics point of view more so than the australian one 9-11 and all that. cheerypips bryce
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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After listening to this morning's news I am sitting here totally amazed at what our government is proposing to do. So much so that I feel quite scared even distressed about it. Our Deputy PM, Julia Gillard, is going to allow employers to legally monitor (view) employees email and web site usage. As it is already common place for employers to monitor emails etc I feel the law should be tightened on privacy in this area certainly not relaxed. Apparently, all in the name of preventing a terrorist attack on the Internet in Australia! Yeah right! It took a while but it looks like 1984 has finally arrived!!! So what is my boss going to do next? Monitor my employer provided phones, watch and listen to who I talk to, even open my (but delivered at work) postal mail, have me wear recording devices and monitor me via a GPS where I am at any time! I cannot believe that a labour government would do such a totally uneducated even myopic act and at the same time be seen to be pandering to employers! So an employer is going to be able tell if my email is about terrorism? Or that the web site I am visiting is going to trigger a terrorist act. Are they going to have the time to do this. Oh please!!! The real agenda here is to allow the employers to monitor their employees while the managers remain sitting on their lazy bottoms, rather than getting around and MANAGING their staff. Unreal!!!:mad:
Peter Hayward Ngarkat Technologies South Australia,
What, exactly, has changed here? Corporations have always been, and always will, monitor communications coming in and out of them. This has nothing to do with terrorism (I really did hope the Rudd govt would be more mature about this) and has everything to do with IP protection. If someone is emailing a competitor, going to a competitor's website from inside the company's network, or posting confidential material on the net then the company will use traffic records to identify the person responsible. I'm not saying this is correct, or fair, or that 'guilty until proven innocent' works, or even that many companies would ever bother checking logs until they actually needed to, but it's a fact of life. Scott MeNealy said it and it still holds: You have no privacy. Build a bridge mate, you're going to have to get over it.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hhhmnnn a first class, intellectual reply. If it amuses you so.
Peter Hayward Ngarkat Technologies South Australia,
His reply, though a bit "pointed" is basically stating what most companies feel. Internet usage, as well as company emails are supposed to be used for business, unless otherwise stated in all that paperwork you sign with HR when hired (at least here in the US). And they have won repeatedly in US court when challenged by some knucklehead who assumed he/she had a right to privacy when using his/her companies systems and connections. I've been at companies that allow very liberal usage, one even allowed the network usage for online gaming...after hours of course, and other companies, like my present that remove the internet all together except for a select few who need it. Why? Because they found, by monitoring that people can and sometimes abuse it. On my team, I have some who can access the Internet, some who can't...if they need it, they can show cause, if they lost it, we can show cause as well...
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What, exactly, has changed here? Corporations have always been, and always will, monitor communications coming in and out of them. This has nothing to do with terrorism (I really did hope the Rudd govt would be more mature about this) and has everything to do with IP protection. If someone is emailing a competitor, going to a competitor's website from inside the company's network, or posting confidential material on the net then the company will use traffic records to identify the person responsible. I'm not saying this is correct, or fair, or that 'guilty until proven innocent' works, or even that many companies would ever bother checking logs until they actually needed to, but it's a fact of life. Scott MeNealy said it and it still holds: You have no privacy. Build a bridge mate, you're going to have to get over it.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Build a bridge mate, you're going to have to get over it.
...see a photo of the Thirsty Merc poster up on the wall at Code Project RSN.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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After listening to this morning's news I am sitting here totally amazed at what our government is proposing to do. So much so that I feel quite scared even distressed about it. Our Deputy PM, Julia Gillard, is going to allow employers to legally monitor (view) employees email and web site usage. As it is already common place for employers to monitor emails etc I feel the law should be tightened on privacy in this area certainly not relaxed. Apparently, all in the name of preventing a terrorist attack on the Internet in Australia! Yeah right! It took a while but it looks like 1984 has finally arrived!!! So what is my boss going to do next? Monitor my employer provided phones, watch and listen to who I talk to, even open my (but delivered at work) postal mail, have me wear recording devices and monitor me via a GPS where I am at any time! I cannot believe that a labour government would do such a totally uneducated even myopic act and at the same time be seen to be pandering to employers! So an employer is going to be able tell if my email is about terrorism? Or that the web site I am visiting is going to trigger a terrorist act. Are they going to have the time to do this. Oh please!!! The real agenda here is to allow the employers to monitor their employees while the managers remain sitting on their lazy bottoms, rather than getting around and MANAGING their staff. Unreal!!!:mad:
Peter Hayward Ngarkat Technologies South Australia,
At my last company, IT noticed a lot of traffic coming to and from someone's system. Turned out they were running a P2P program and it been turned into a super node. Talk to IT and HR, you'd be stunned at what they track people doing on the company dime. (My brother once worked with a guy who owned several properties on the side and spent at least half his time managing them from his office. He even had his work number printed on his business card! The irony was that the fellow was terrible at buying and managing property and simply lost money.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Build a bridge mate, you're going to have to get over it.
...see a photo of the Thirsty Merc poster up on the wall at Code Project RSN.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I wouldn't - it appears to be part of legitimate public debate. What's your point?? That the Gevernment shouldn't have rules about school admissions? That if they do they shouldn't be able to enforce them? Or that these people overstepped the mark - which if the story is accurate appears to be the case. Mind you - if the Government creates a law that allocates a desirable asset on the basis of where someone lives - you have to have a way of enforcing that rule (in fairness to those law abiding citizens). Alternatively simply don't base decisions on places of residence - then you don't have to investigate to find out where your residents live.
Peter "Until the invention of the computer, the machine gun was the device that enabled humans to make the most mistakes in the smallest amount of time."
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I wouldn't - it appears to be part of legitimate public debate. What's your point?? That the Gevernment shouldn't have rules about school admissions? That if they do they shouldn't be able to enforce them? Or that these people overstepped the mark - which if the story is accurate appears to be the case. Mind you - if the Government creates a law that allocates a desirable asset on the basis of where someone lives - you have to have a way of enforcing that rule (in fairness to those law abiding citizens). Alternatively simply don't base decisions on places of residence - then you don't have to investigate to find out where your residents live.
Peter "Until the invention of the computer, the machine gun was the device that enabled humans to make the most mistakes in the smallest amount of time."