[Ramius]

Oh... that just wallows in lameness.

In exchange for what they *think* is a productivity problem they produce a morale problem, which of course is a productivity killer.

I suppose it has never occurred to them that it is impossible to actually measure how much *time* a user spends using the internet to hit web sites. The only thing they can track is what sites where visited and when, but there is no mechanism whatsoever to actually track how long a user's web browser is open, nor can they track how long it takes a user to read a web page. All they can track is when refreshes happen. Measuring web surfing in "minutes" simply cannot be done. The actual "time" that you "use" the internet connection is only a few seconds per web page.

Do you know if they are using an actual "key-logging" system? If they're this paranoid I'll bet they are... and *that* stuff is totally over the top.

Where in the hell do you work, anyway?

[Penny1]

Oh, believe me, these folks are experts at "morale killing." I work for Seattle Housing Authority, your tax dollars at work (or not!)

I think they might be logging refreshes, though I'm not sure. They've conveniently never explained to us exactly how our internet time is measured, so no one really has any idea what they can get away with. Meanwhile, you can only check your usage once the week is over, so you have no idea how much time you've spent online until it's too late to do anything about it. Nor can you test how you surf to check how it's measured.

How does a key-logging system work?

Maybe I should leave webpages open but in the background and see what happens to my usage...a week after the fact, of course.

Hmmm...I just realized I have someone I could probably ask who might know how it all works. He would tell me, if he knows anything. Maybe I'll do some investigative work and see what I can find out.