Our IT Department has some creepy peepy software that allows them to actually look at your screen from their screen and control your mouse. They say they need it for loading programs remotely onto the machine when needed.
They are cool guys and are too busy to spend all day watching to see what we do but they do have sniffer and firewall programs installed to keep you from accessing porn sites and gambling sites.
The computers are company equipment so they have the right to do it. The way I look at it is that I get my work done everyday during my shift and don't take breaks so I'm allowed to goof off when all my work is done so long as I realize that work always comes first.
I'm military...and our comm nazi's have that too. Our's is called Altiris. It's a little spooky when you are surfing and all of the sudden you see the magnifying glass show up in the bottom of the screen because they are working....and they see what you see. Of course, you can't get to any chat rooms or any thing on a military LAN (at least ours) anyway...legally.
>>>They are cool guys and are too busy to spend all day watching to see what we do but they do have sniffer and firewall programs installed to keep you from accessing porn sites and gambling sites. >>>
Now that is one thing I do agree with. I don't think company computers should be allowed to access those sites. It's not safe for the network.
But like when I'm on hold(30% of my day), I'm usually surfing.
It is the greatest software ever created for clueless lusers who call the Help Desk and claim something doesn't exist. Instead of arguing whether there is a folder called "Program Files" in the Windows Explorer that doesn't exist, you can show them.