2 ms·
You have to reasonably expect any work communications to be open to monitoring, be it accidental, intentional, or ancillary. The "IT guy" could be monitoring th
by antonovka 17y ago
You have to reasonably expect any work communications to be open to monitoring, be it accidental, intentional, or ancillary. The "IT guy" could be monitoring the DNS cache logs for the purpose of debugging, and if your request for www.russiandancingdolls.com comes along, he'll see it, and if he has any sense of decorum, ignore it.
Given that, if you have something to hide, don't do it at work. It's no use being pissed off about it -- it comes with the territory of shared infrastructure.
- tptacek 17y agoYou're right. Just don't joke around about it. Privacy matters.
- antonovka 17y agoI agree. If you have a privileged position, it is your responsibility to ignore anything personal you come across -- insofar long as it's not illegal or forbidden by established company policy. I wouldn't hesitate to reprimand and/or fire a system administrator that repeated (much less joked about) any personal information they came across in the course of their duties. On the other hand, as an employee, I think it's also your responsibility to assume that any of your communications may be monitored by someone less polite than you would prefer, and to act accordingly.