Ideally people at work would do 100% work related things, but in reality it's not very democratic. People resent those type of environments, and it effects their work.
This reminds me of the AOL guy who said you cant go to the bathroom during commercials or you'd be breaking the contract you agreed to when you turned on a TV. Both Sort of Stupid. Yes, I know. If I don't like it I can turn off my TV and quit my job. But why should I have to?
what about smoking crack on company time ? would u agree with that?
You've brought up a excellent slippery slope, and that's why companies should be run like concentration camps with cameras and armed guards in the bathrooms.
Now you couldn't do it without his knowledge or consent, simply because the computer belongs to him, not you. In a company environment, the equipment belongs to the company. So they can install whatever they want on their machines, and monitor you on the computer,telephone,or even by camera.
The bathrooms belong to the company as well, but that wouldn't justify being secretly recorded while pissing with out your knowledge. The question here is "How much privacy do you have a right to in the workplace?" I wouldn't want people listening in on personal phone conversations for example.
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Ideally people at work would do 100% work related things, but in reality it's not very democratic. People resent those type of environments, and it effects their work.
This reminds me of the AOL guy who said you cant go to the bathroom during commercials or you'd be breaking the contract you agreed to when you turned on a TV. Both Sort of Stupid. Yes, I know. If I don't like it I can turn off my TV and quit my job. But why should I have to?
what about smoking crack on company time ? would u agree with that?
You've brought up a excellent slippery slope, and that's why companies should be run like concentration camps with cameras and armed guards in the bathrooms.
Now you couldn't do it without his knowledge or consent, simply because the computer belongs to him, not you. In a company environment, the equipment belongs to the company. So they can install whatever they want on their machines, and monitor you on the computer,telephone,or even by camera.
The bathrooms belong to the company as well, but that wouldn't justify being secretly recorded while pissing with out your knowledge. The question here is "How much privacy do you have a right to in the workplace?" I wouldn't want people listening in on personal phone conversations for example.
Do you know what flash-pages look like on Pentium 233?!
Do you know what it looks like on an SGI?
And do you know what they look like to the illiterate???
How about to the blind and disabled?