[NTLUG:Discuss] Interesting List Stats

[Dennis Myhand]

On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 15:34, Lance Simmons wrote:
> * fredjame <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> [040620 14:41]:
> >
> > many companies forbid the use of your own machine.
> 
> I assume you have in mind use of your machine on their network or on
> their premises.  Have there ever been employers who forbid the use of
> your own machine at home? I mean companies that insist their employees
> use only company computers, and only as configured by the company.  (The
> way employees of the Big Three automakers decades ago pressured each
> other to only drive their own company's cars.)  Sounds insane to me, but
> we live in a crazy world.
> 
> -- 
> Lance Simmons
In the case of my son-in-law it was both.  You could not bring in a
system to use on the employers network, nor could you use any machine
other than what they assigned you at home.  And yes, they did know when
someone tried to do this.  For him it was a matter of security,
industrial, corporate, and government.  If he tried to use his system at
home for work use, he could not log on.  If he tried to use his work
assigned system for other than work use (Which he did try once), he was
warned that if he did so again he would be fired.  It seems the systems
were fitted out with key-loggers and other things which phoned home to
momma when he logged in from home.
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