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1 In 3 Sysadmins Snoop On Colleagues
klubar writes "According to a a recent survey, one in three IT staff snoops on colleagues. U.S. information security company Cyber-Ark surveyed 300 senior IT professionals, and found that one-third admitted to secretly snooping, while 47 percent said they had accessed information that was not relevant to their role. Makes you wonder about the other 2 out of 3. Did they lie on the survey or really don't snoop?"
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Did they lie on the survey or really don't snoop?"
I say most lied. Knowledge is power and it would be too damn tempting when you could have your finger on the company's pulse.
It would also explain the smug look. (kidding!)
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snooping with the number of hotties at the office?
said Yes but then logged into the recipients' e-mail server and edited the mbox file to make it say No.
Maybe I got snooping out of my system early enough, before I was an admin. I just don't even care what my users email about. I'm too busy browsing /. to care, unless something breaks.
Fixed that for you ;) Not that I'm any better, mind you.... :P
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We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
it's nice to develop a bit of indifference
Exactly.
Ah, apathy. The cause of, and solution to, life's problems
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Not if they're Spartans.
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
Maybe they are unaware of Slashdot.
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Ah yes, the Goatse Principle.
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
Members of professional organizations such as the IEEE Computer Society Have promised to follow a "code of ethics and professional conduct".
As a member, and having read the document, I understand that it is ethically wrong, a career limiting move, and not worth violating my promises just to satisfy my curiosity.
Of course they are. Why else would anyone want to work in HR? Do you ever hear a sixth grader say they want to be in HR when they grow up?
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
They probably have a life.
And it's called World of Warcraft...so there's no time to snoop.The everlasting gobstopper approach...I like it!
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Yeah thats just what I want to do..... I dont like reading my own email, nevermind someone elses.
Last night I played a blank tape at full volume. The mime next door went nuts.
Then they are not sysadmins.
stop posting on slashdot then
Yes, usually it is just easier to hire a hit man to kill the sysadmin. However, it's not legal in ultra-liberal states like California and Massachusetts.
Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
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I've been a system administrator for years, have never snooped out anyone's stuff. I value my integrity far more than I value the contents of your files.
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