I would've thought that hacking into somebody's personal e-mail account would be illegal.
There is no such thing as a “private email” from a company email account.
As an employee, you do not own your work computer. You do not own the LAN. You did not buy the overpriced Windows operating system. You in fact did not buy anything - you are being PAID to be there.
You do not have a right to privacy in your cubicle. In fact, you do not have many rights at all, at work.
Thing is ... if you don’t like conditions there. You can simply go work somewhere else.
That’s the beauty.
I assumed they got his password because he accessed his personal email from a computer at work.
I always assume no privacy at work. I assume hidden cameras and keystroke loggers, etc. The building and computers belong to the company, not me. If I choose to access my personal email at work, I know that they now have my password. I just don’t care much.
Heh. Good point, as everyone at Lockheed knows. This from the company that brought us Mike Sears and Darleen Druyan, not to mention the un-indicted co-conspirator Harry Stonecipher.
Always heard that mob guys were the angriest when they got ripped off. Same thing here...
If if it your company email account of if you use the comapny PC to send your yahoo of gmail they have a right to know what is typed.
“Boeing bosses spy on workers”
The Boeing Bosses should be spied on themselves.
The Boeing management give away plenty of info as part of their
business plan (manufacturing of many assemblies in foreign countries).
This article’s written as if the PI doesn’t know that Boeing is a United States Military contractor that develops some of the most powerful and secret weapons in the world.
My guess is that the guy was accessing it at work. Reading what he sent and read at work would clearly be ok. If they actually accessed the account, it gets stickier.
Big Boss spying on your browsing habits??? Reading your email over his network??? Watching you while you eTrade???
THE SOLUTION
Tell him to F$^% off with IronKey
ping
Tribal Knowledge cant be tapped unless you drink too much and have a runny mouth ! or are just stupid ...
The keystroke recording software that Raytheon sold to corporations was called Silent Runner and was available at least 7 years ago. When I worked in the aerospace industry I witnessed and reported attempted industrial espionage by Japan, Israel, France, India, China, Russia, and various European companies. Companies like Boeing have techological gold in every filing cabinet.
I would’ve thought that hacking into somebody’s personal e-mail account would be illegal.
I have hidden cameras for companies in cash handling areas. They would only used them after someone was suspected of doing something wrong first. I had to work in the middle of the night so no one would see me, even some management. Visible camera were almost everywhere except the break room, restrooms and the hallway connecting them. Now that cameras are cheaper they have one at every counting station. Where I worked they were always careful about how they watched. They knew big brother was wacthing them.
When I hired on with Boeing in 1974 as an electronics technician, the 1st thing I heard from the old Seattle based crew, was how over-monitored the employees were.
To include permission and timing for bathroom breaks.
Hey, if you want to use a work computer for personal business, to play games for hours at a stretch, and to surf for porn, the solution is simple. Get a job with the government.
If you use a company computer, don't expect ANY privacy.
Any keystrokes can be captured, audits can find everything you've done on the computer.
It's not your personal computer and if the Information Security policy is halfway decently written you will find a clause called "No expectation of privacy"
If the employee hasn't used a employer owned PC to access it, I agree. If the person uses the employers equipment, I think they're on their own.