I would just like to point out that bacterium is the singular form and bacteria is the plural. The original poster did not seem to realize this, which is nothing to be ashamed of however it helps to use the language correctly. ------
I work at a certain company, and it has come to my attention that our supervisor, who is also a hacker who thinks BO is a great invention, likes to go thru the Location history of the browsers on our machines, to see if we've been to porn sites and to learn more about us. I sure am glad that somebody told me that he does this, because suffice it to say I get bored, really really bored, sometimes myself. That's just the nature of my job, there are idle moments and I'm paid to weather them.
Also I suspect though I haven't verified that the supervisor has been getting into our Supernews.com accounts to find out which newsgroups we read. He and his sidekick like to drop hints about that kind of stuff. They relate phoney personal experiences to see if I/we have comments, etc. and later have no recollection of those experiences, etc. Time to get a new job, eh?
So these guys are serious creeps, and of course they're high school flunkies with no University degrees, and they're loved by the company for their Nazi-like submission to authority (it's corporate), but what can I say? You can only complain so much. In the end, this is the Information age, and with it come certain risks. You've got to avoid them. Practice safe computing. It's a job, not your life. If you want a real job, start your own company.
Look at it this way: If you're in a restaurant and some jerk is sitting next to you, you either leave or you move -- but you avoid him. If you're at a company and some higher up jerk is investigating you, you either leave or you avoid him (or her). Don't let your guard down ever, because that kind of person will try relentlessly to get you to do just that.
To address the idea which is the title of this response, if there are people who are ignorant that there are wolves in the henhouse, then consider it your duty as a person of good will to warn them that they are at risk. And if you're not a person of good will, then you're one of Them.
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I would just like to point out
that bacterium is the singular form
and bacteria is the plural.
The original poster did not
seem to realize this, which is
nothing to be ashamed of however
it helps to use the language
correctly.
------
Also I suspect though I haven't verified that the supervisor has been getting into our Supernews.com accounts to find out which newsgroups we read. He and his sidekick like to drop hints about that kind of stuff. They relate phoney personal experiences to see if I/we have comments, etc. and later have no recollection of those experiences, etc. Time to get a new job, eh?
So these guys are serious creeps, and of course they're high school flunkies with no University degrees, and they're loved by the company for their Nazi-like submission to authority (it's corporate), but what can I say? You can only complain so much. In the end, this is the Information age, and with it come certain risks. You've got to avoid them. Practice safe computing. It's a job, not your life. If you want a real job, start your own company.
Look at it this way: If you're in a restaurant and some jerk is sitting next to you, you either leave or you move -- but you avoid him. If you're at a company and some higher up jerk is investigating you, you either leave or you avoid him (or her). Don't let your guard down ever, because that kind of person will try relentlessly to get you to do just that.
To address the idea which is the title of this response, if there are people who are ignorant that there are wolves in the henhouse, then consider it your duty as a person of good will to warn them that they are at risk. And if you're not a person of good will, then you're one of Them.