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Do IT Pros Abuse Their Power?
An anonymous reader writes "I have noticed that many airports and hospitals I've visited have some kind of internet usage policy in place. Some use software similar to Websense, which effectively blocks sites based on blacklisting them by category. A commonly used blacklist prevents users from accessing 'forums or discussion boards,' yet I find that often these networks allow users to access sites like Fark, Slashdot, Digg and other message boards that appeal to the technical culture one might find in the IT world. In your experience, do IT administrators abuse their supervisory powers? Has there ever been a backlash from users or management for doing so?"
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Digg has tech news? I thought it was all libertarianism and marijuana.
IT professionals would never abuse the position of responsibility with which they are entrusted. They would never use their positions to retaliate against the unthinking, uncaring, ungrateful wretches that make their lives a living, seething hell each and every day those worthless pieces of crap continue to suck air.
If someone does his job properly, but uses 10 minutes a day for masturbating to gay furry porn, he's still more productive than someone who takes a 10 minute smoke break every 20 minutes
I guess that depends on *where* he masturbated to gay furry porn. If it was in the smoking room, then it's understandable that the smoker needs 10 minutes ... jizz covered Marlboros are a bitch to light.
Nah, eating junk food is enjoyable.
Don't be silly. It would only be "abuse" if it were a bad thing!
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... and if you don't believe me I will delete your account
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When I worked for the Sec State's office in RI we were utilizing Squidproxy. Reviewing logs came to a head when the policy went out the window. It went out the window because two of we systems people noted a high administration figure surfing the web for Big, Black Beautiful Women and hotels where he could take said women.
We brought it the the IT Director and were told we do nothing about it. So we then told him we'd no longer view the proxy logs.
A little while later we also installed DansGuardian. That is a content filter. But the decision was made to exempt all administration and IT. It caused a few issues but nothing we couldn't handle.
So on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your satisfaction with your IT Department? 1 being extremely satisfied, 10 being extraordinarily satisfied.
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Yes.
Next question.
(Please don't ask "Do cops speed?" "Do restaurant workers get free food?" "Do Real Estate Agents get cheaper houses?" etc...)
Shit! Its one of the few perks I have left.