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Alabama IT Whistleblower Fired For Spyware
chalker writes "Vernon Blake, an IT sysadmin for the Alabama Department Of Transportation, wanted to get evidence that his boss spent the majority of his time playing solitaire on his computer. Since emails to higher up supervisors were ignored, he installed Win-Spy, which grabbed screenshots several times per day over a period of 7 months. 70% of the resulting screenshots showed an active game of solitaire, and another 20% showed his boss checking the stock market. When he reported this to superiors, he was fired, even though he had 21 years of service in the position. His boss got a reprimand to 'stop playing games'. He is appealing his termination in court since he claims it was part of his job description to 'confirm and document' computer misuse for ALDOT. His complete story is here."
Yep. If'n the ole boy lived in Miss'ippi the boss'd be playing solitaire with real cards. (Actually, if it were our DOT, the boss would be propped up in the yellow crew-cab pickup truck reading Hustler).
>Sweet home Alabama
I prefer this version.
"Obviously, I'm not an IBM computer any more than I'm an ashtray" (Bob Dylan)
Who checks their email before evacuating because of a fire alarm??