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All the urls base to plus.google.com, so I don't see why they couldn't, but I never really understood why a workplace would outright block facebook or anything

• Dramatize 15y ago
  There's a notification/interaction bar in the top header. You can do most things without going to plus.google.com
• paul-woolcock 15y ago
  They block it because a lot of managers and executives still think that blocking their employees from everything but their work is the best way to ensure worker productivity
  • latch 15y ago
    You aren't 100% right. Some places also block any place where you can communicate/share/upload potentially confidential/proprietary/private/blah information. FB and Google+ certainly fall into this type of category (although, you could just pick up your cell phone, call a friend, and have them post whatever revealing information you have).
  • veyron 15y ago
    The issue is that in certain circles (e.g. in finance) all Internet communications must be recorded in some way, shape, or form. Google+ has yet to expose an API to do so, hence in a lot of places this cannot fly. Same deal with facebook chat and most other services you can think of. It's not entirely a productivity issue. Corporate messaging systems (e.g. bloomberg) have special setups exactly for this issue. Edit: check out SEC ruling 17a-4(b)(4) regarding recording for registered broker-dealers