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US Firms Read Employee E-mail On a Massive Scale

Posted by timothy on from the this-call-may-be-monitored dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In its fifth annual study of outbound e-mail and data loss prevention issues, Proofpoint found that 41% of the largest companies surveyed (those with 20,000 or more employees) reported that they employ staff to read or otherwise analyze the contents of outbound e-mail. 22% of these companies said they employ staff primarily or exclusively for this purpose."

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  1. Get back to work! by Unique2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I also monitor your web traffic, now get back to work!

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    1. Re:Get back to work! by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

      You wouldn't catch me surfing and getting my images up on that screen. I'd be out there watching that screen all day long. Seldom is there a really cool idea posted on Slashdot, but that's definitely cool.

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    2. Re:Get back to work! by GoodNicksAreTaken · · Score: 2, Funny

      Get back to work and quit downloading pictures of Rick Astley!

  2. Not at my company by InlawBiker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where I'm at I'm lucky if I can get anybody at all to read my email. Especially my boss.

  3. T-shirts by outlando · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow. So those 'I read your email' T-shirts are for real then.

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  4. Cool Job!! by benwiggy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear Sir

    I would like to apply for the job of Chief Sneak and Tattle-tale at your company. I believe I have the relevant nosiness, curiousity and contempt for my fellow employees, along with an over-riding ability to toady to management. I also love lauding it over other people that I know their business.

    1. Re:Cool Job!! by phagstrom · · Score: 3, Funny

      Also I want know how the system works, so I can beat it, when I want to send an email. ;-)

    2. Re:Cool Job!! by Chrisq · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just mail it to anyone. They will find you.

  5. Re:It's not work monitor emails that bugs me. by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

    The US will generally allow you to renounce your citizenship. I think you might need existing citizenship from another country to do it though.

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  6. Re:Ah, the beauty of being bi-lingual by kellyb9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....que nadie entendeis cuando escribes asi; Especialmente cuando deja a deletrear palabras correctamente asi que no traducen. You, sir, must be a terrorist.