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Grex Cyberpunk Item 137: privacy intrusion by firms
Entered by bands on Tue Oct 31 08:58:57 UTC 2000:

Many major companies are taking workplace surveillance to the next level by
using computer forensics expert and software to uncover everything an
emplyee has done on a  workplace PC. Is it not the  worst kind of privacy
intrusion.

5 responses total.



#1 of 5 by raven on Tue Oct 31 21:15:59 2000:

IMO all forms of provacy intrusion are bad whether it is corporations
monitoring keystrokes, e-mail, server logs, etc, or governments with
echelon, etc.  I don't think one is "worse" than the other, they are both just
wrong.


#2 of 5 by scott on Tue Oct 31 22:59:18 2000:

I dunno, a camera pointed at my desk would be pretty annoying, probably a
worse invasion of privacy than just monitoring whether I was typing the right
things or not.


#3 of 5 by raven on Thu Nov 2 08:19:39 2000:

Good point Scott.  I should be more clear and say that at the same level
of intrusivness that I don't think it matters whether privacy is invaded
by the government or a corporation, I think they are both wrong.


#4 of 5 by bands on Thu Nov 2 12:02:31 2000:

But the worst part of it comes when you don't know whether one of your secret
marital and health affairs are being cherished by some eccentric bastard and
he plays tricks on you.


#5 of 5 by hc on Wed Nov 29 17:41:20 2000:

I wouldn't keep any such affairs detailed on my work pc! In fact, I try not
to do anything particularly interesting at work. Not only do I not generally
have time, but I'm aware that I'm hardly the only person with access to my
PC..

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