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No More Unrestricted Internet At Work

Posted by timothy on from the near-future-scenario dept.

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."

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  1. Not true for everyone by JoshuaDFranklin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm the guy with the passwords to the routers
    connected to the T1 lines.

    There are already a few hundred routes in the
    tables... who's going to notice everything from
    my workstation misses the filtering appliance?
    Oh that's right, it's my job to make sure no one
    *else* does this, too. ;)

  2. Re:Crippling. by jcr · · Score: 3, Funny

    We went the other route: 100% Mac on the desktop.

    Speaking as an Apple employee and shareholder, thank you. Tell all your friends ;-)

    -jcr

    --
    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  3. they won't stop me! by Maskirovka · · Score: 3, Funny

    They won't stop me-
    I'm a BOFH!

    Besides, I'd rather have the users porn surfing than asking me about excel and access anyway.

  4. Analogy by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    We should shut down employee cafeterias because food can bring harmful bacteria into the company and we might get sued.

    --Blair

  5. Re:FUD FUD FUD!!!!!!!! by Gannoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    No real management is going to take this seriously.


    Hahahahahhahahahahahahahaha


    You're so naive its almost cute.