How to tell if company is monitoring Internet & Email?

[Modeps]

If you have to ask, you shouldnt be doing what you're doing.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: TygGer
Is there a way to tell if your company is monitoring Internet use and scanning Emails?

When you get fired for looking at midget beastiality during business hours - you'll know.

Sounds like you have some experience with this jumpr...

 

[Rufio]

suckers!

 

[Nanotech]

Originally posted by: bunker
I just play it safe and assume they are.

Yep, they either are or have the ability to should they ever decide to. Only way you'll ever really know is to ask them or wait until your fired.

Edit: I'm personally waiting for the day when they escort me out due to my addiction to ATOT.

Here's to having it happen later rather than sooner!

:beer:

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: bunker
I just play it safe and assume they are.

yep. no video watching, no clicking on links that might even be remotely offensive

 

[Mookow]

Buddy up to an IT guy and then ask them.

Or, better yet, be in IT

 

[Maverick]

I'm thinking of doing a remote desktop to my home machine and browsing through there.

My main problem is the visual obviousness...not the network hiding.

Right now I get through the visual obviousness using Ghostzilla

 

[Ogg]

Now Im just waiting to get fired:Q
its your guys' fault ........posting all those links!:|

 

[spidey07]

yes.

We can monitor/track/log everything you do. By IP, username, mac, etc.

everything. and we keep the data/logs for 7 years.

And no, you cannot tell if we are or are not.

 

[TygGer]

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
I have worked for several IT Security companies, trust me when I tell you that vendors are constantly knocking on doors with statistics that show how much time is wasted a day by employees on the internet (like browsing the ATOT forums all day

There are software programs that can break down, in detail every website that has been visited and can categorize them in to certain groups like porn, sports, stocks, news ect..
From there the admin can create reports, with pie charts detailing the percentage of time you have spent browsing for fun as opposed to being on work related web sites.

Selling this software is the easiest thing in the world to do. For mid-sized companies that have huge IT budgets its a no brainer. The IT departments love it, it gives them another layer of control in their complicated networks. On top of that, companies are horrified at the prospect of being sued by disgruntled employees that get offended by websites they may have seen while passing someones desk. Employees can sue the company. The NY Times fired a bunch of people for browsing inappropriate websites without warning them.

Also, in the post 911 world, a lot of companies have spent thousands of dollars improving network security. Everything from firewalls to intrusion detection systems to content filtering. This software is just another piece of the puzzle in securing the network.

Even with all this, I still find it hard to stay off non work related websites while I am work

What happens if you have 2 or 3 browsers open, 2 work related and 1 off topic? Would the program also be able to log everything? I'd imagine so... just checking.

 

[spidey07]

everything.

every connection.

every http session

every source, destination, every word or graphic or patter sent/received.

everything.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: spidey07
everything.

every connection.

every http session

every source, destination, every word or graphic or patter sent/received.

everything.

spidey tells the truth.

 

[TygGer]

Well, what if someone else logs into my computer (with their user name/password) and browses the internet. Will they be able to distinguish that its not me and someone else on my pc?

 

[TygGer]

Also, I don't know how true this is, but someone once told me that everything you do can one way or another be traced on your computer. Meaning, there is always something left in the harddrive... Does anyone know more about this?