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Yes, your emails can be read. As mentioned above, you can protect your privacy by encrypting your emails with super long passwords. I don't believe very long passwords can be broken easily.
A way to get around this would be to use your own Internet at the workplace instead of the employer's. Get a wireless card from the AT&T/Sprint/Verizon store, install it on your laptop and use the Internet from nearby cell towers rather than your employer. They should have no objection to ro way to monitor whatever you access from your own computer over your own Internet connection.
A way to get around this would be to use your own Internet at the workplace instead of the employer's. Get a wireless card from the AT&T/Sprint/Verizon store, install it on your laptop and use the Internet from nearby cell towers rather than your employer. They should have no objection to ro way to monitor whatever you access from your own computer over your own Internet connection.
Correct. That is the only way I would ever take my laptop to a client and use it. I won't even use their WiFi.
depends of the type of software they're using for monitoring.
If you're going to plug into the company's data port to use their internet then most likely the web pages won't work either. But it still depends on what technology ur job is using.
Look up your company's policy. You can get into trouble if you break them. There is always ways around those things but you have to know that there is always ways for them to find out what you are doing on their network also (assuming that you are using their network)...like other said, it's your best bet to use your own provider. Another way is to set up a third party proxy somewhere else so you can visit those site, but like I said, they still can find out if they really want to...
I don't know how you company is set up; but if there is a firewall set up on the network, then it does not matter what computer you use...certain sites will be blocked (especially if you just unplug your office machine and plug in your laptop into the same connection). The control is usually held by what you are connecting to. Take Wi-Fi at any location for example. If you're at a university...or Starbucks, whatever, you open your browser and automatically you are routed to their page to login to their network.
As far as e-mail...that depends as well. I administer the e-mail accounts for my sorority. Outlook is set up to where it leaves a copy of the e-mail on the Domain server so I can look at anyone's e-mail and read it. With webmail you should be fine (like Yahoo, Google, Hotmail). An employer may be able to get your password...but I never heard of any doing so (seems a bit shady). Of course you should have it set up where you type in your password everytime; having Windows save your passwords is never, ever a good thing in the work environment.
What about messages exchanged on instant messenger? Can IT people trap our conversation?
I wonder further whether the BOSS could trap our PC to PC call, such as voice convo. on Skype, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, etc.
Yes, yes and yes... unless you add a layer of encryption. Adding encryption would certainly arouse the suspicion of IT staff who are going to the trouble of monitoring network traffic. Thus I wouldn't recommend encryption as a countermeasure to avoid losing your job for your net use at work.
The lesson here is not to discuss anything over these services that you wouldn't be comfortable posting as a note on a bulletin board in your office.
Look up your company's policy. You can get into trouble if you break them. There is always ways around those things but you have to know that there is always ways for them to find out what you are doing on their network also (assuming that you are using their network)...like other said, it's your best bet to use your own provider. Another way is to set up a third party proxy somewhere else so you can visit those site, but like I said, they still can find out if they really want to...
Very important point. Company Policy is very important.
Even using your own private connection to access the internet isn't always allowed at many work places. There are still legal responsibility issues a business must take into account.
In all of the businesses I have worked for, a private connection was often restricted due to liability issues of the users. If a person has their private laptop on the desk and is viewing something that is offensive to another worker (porn, illegal things, etc..) the business will be held liable even though it is fully through the persons private medium.
For this reason, even private internet connections may be a violation of company policy.
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