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No More Unrestricted Internet At Work
Schlemphfer writes: "You can forget about using private email or surfing the web while at work if these bozos have their way. And judging by the Reuters article, it looks like they might. Basically what they're doing is trying to scare senior management into thinking that allowing employees unrestricted use of the net will cripple a company with viruses and lawsuits."
Did you miss the word "signifcantly" in the post? Then you're inattentive. If you didn't miss it, you're disingenuous. If you saw it, and still wrote that half-assed attempt at sarcasm, you're just a fucking moron.
Another proud carrier of the $rtbl flag
If IT showed management the respect they're due as managers, maybe they wouldn't demand to be exceptions. Managers can smell condescension, and when directed towards them, it makes them hostile. Try a respectful, cooperative approach and you might see less of that.
One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
I first read that as "This will get me laid" and I was gonna ask what your secret was....
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
Im surprised anyone still has it. Here in australia we pay for bandwidth used and we monitor our usage carefully, we dont dictate we simply provide guidelines (which are international for our company) and people ar expected not to go outside them. We do scan our proxy logs for certain keywords and trust me get caught looking at porn its instant dismissal - no questions.
/. who whine about liberties and freedom are missing the point - its work, we pay you for a job and we pay for the resources you use and the computer you use them on - if you dont like it then find another job, internet is NOT a right.
.mov, .mpeg, .mp3, .wav, .vbs, .js and a lot of others - we spend a lot of time securing and managing our systems and theres no work reason for any of the above products (we would block jpegs as well but they are sometimes (our work study indicates only about 30% of the time) work related.
None of my staff can bypass it as the scan results go directly to Human resources and i support it - they have no reason to be doing anything like that.
Now this might seem a bit extreme but thertes good reasons why i agree.
1. We encourage our staff to use the Net responsibly and for legitimate research and work purposes, we dont mind reading a newspaper, looking at the sports results or catching up with a hobby during their breaks.
2. We expect them to have the good sense to know what isnt appopriate and they sign a legal agreement noting they understand the conditions and the consequences of their actions BEFORE they get their login and passwords to the system.
3. its work - not home
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PS we dont allow newsgroups, ICQ, IRC or Instant Messengers and we block FTP for all expect IT users - our support calls for people who have downloaded software have gone thru the floor and as its also a breach to do that people dont try it anyway.
Why did we do this?
our internet bills went thru the roof thats why and we looked at the traffic - guess what ? Porn sites, movie sites, tucows, game sites etc.
2 staff sacked for breaches and now its a whole different workplace.
I have zero tolerance for whiners, in a previous management role i was the one who had to deal with kiddie porn found on a computer by one of my support guys when he was fixing it (Aust gove so i had to call the police etc) and it was the most disgusting thing i have ever seen. Look at porn on my network get your balls lopped - what you do at home is your business and i like naked chicks as much as the next guy but i dont see it as appropriate in any circumstance for work.
PS and for those of you who think iam a nazi we also filter mail and block
Internet access is not a right at work, its a company provided privelege
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