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**lorryuncori** · 09-03-2009, 05:26 AM

At the FTC there was a whole division devoted to looking over your shoulder from 1000 miles away, with good reason. Even a guy spending 30 seconds running a Lexis search on his ex-girlfriend somehow got caught and canned.

I thought you said internet access was a perk of the public sector?
I should have been more clear - they only track movements of sensitive information and abuse of certain online tools, which I noted as an example of how watchful an IT department can be if it wants to be. Productivity-oriented blocking and/or tracking (forums, blogs, youtube, etc.) I've only seen in the private sector, which would make sense given the profit incentive, but looking around here I'm obviously a nonrepresentative sample.

09-03-2009, 05:26 AM	#28
lorryuncori Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 395 Senior Member	At the FTC there was a whole division devoted to looking over your shoulder from 1000 miles away, with good reason. Even a guy spending 30 seconds running a Lexis search on his ex-girlfriend somehow got caught and canned. I thought you said internet access was a perk of the public sector? I should have been more clear - they only track movements of sensitive information and abuse of certain online tools, which I noted as an example of how watchful an IT department can be if it wants to be. Productivity-oriented blocking and/or tracking (forums, blogs, youtube, etc.) I've only seen in the private sector, which would make sense given the profit incentive, but looking around here I'm obviously a nonrepresentative sample.
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