Can Your Boss Spy On Your Internet Use?

As laws finally catch up to technology, much of our online activities are not nearly as private as we think.


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[paulgarcia]

I was using the company computer to search for a new job. A few hours later my boss called me in and said "you don't like your job?" then he fired me

[TechnicallyaNomad]

How the heck did this go from a video about employers' rights to monitor employees to a Skynet warning?

[qqq]

If you're on company equipment or using the company internet connection I see no problem with them monitoring you. It's not your stuff, you cant do whatever you want with it.

[abrahamchapman]

I don't see how employers watching employees computer and internet use is an issue anymore.

Everyone has a smartphone these days. When using mobile data, an employer has no way of tracking what is done on an employee's personal cell phone.

[TheActiveAssault]

Stop using company computers. Use your phone.

[ManDryver]

If employers wish to ban people using social media in work time they should not expect employees to read company emails out of office hours.

[JaceTimes]

This is why you should bring your phone with cellular data or bring your iPad/laptop connected to your phone's hotspot.

[WokeandProud]

Also if you're doing Internet fun stuff during work hours except to get in trouble for it, you signed over your time to do work for a company, of you're doing other activities other then your scheduled work activities you're basically stealing.

[arholderik]

Easy fix:
- Use end-to-end encrypted messaging clients such as Signal for ultimate privacy,
- Tor for Internet browsing or set up a VPN at home you can connect to at work.

Voilà, they aren't allowed to scan your home VPN, if you use Tor everything is encrypted.

[Nethryllen]

At least you can use for instance TOR to become anonymous and get past blocked websites.

[hellcat]

Here's a thought. Maybe instead of doing compromising personal business on your work computer, you might do the work you're supposed to be doing instead. Keep your personal stuff on your own personal devices.

[joes]

I want to hear the awkward conversations because someone's boss is spying and find that an employee was watching this video

[whatby]

As a highschool student, it seems obvious that an employer has every right to observe internet use. At schools, all computer use is monitored, not just internet use. If it were for whatever reason made illegal for an employer to view your internet use, then it should immediately follow with schools not being allowed to watch computer use, which is simply not reasonable.

[QqQq-ionx]

No human should have the power over another's privacy. This should be conventional wisdom.

[jameswhite]

I'd like to give a shout out to the "NSA" 😂😂😂

[scottvelez]

I hope my future boss doesn't see my Internet history, because it'll make work awkward.

[lolsrfake]

It is bad to monitor workers because a company could fire an employ investigating illegal actions done by the company, or fire an possible whistleblowers

[Nb]

It's your companies internet connection, they can do what they like with it. If they want to monitor your use of their network then they have every right to do so. If they want to forbid you from using their network for specific uses then they have very right to do so.

If you get in trouble, you have no one to blame but yourself. You agreed to the companies internet policy when you signed your contract. Anyone who tries to sue their company for "spying" on them is beyond stupid and will just get laughed out of court. It's like posting your greatest secret over every wall of the town and then trying to sue the town for invading your privacy, you are throwing personal data into someone's private network. You lost all right to privacy the second you started using your companies private connection.

[etmax]

I think it's fair enough that you aren't allowed to browse the web on personal issues or send receive emails during work hours, but they shouldn't be allowed to read your emails only reprimand you for not working while being paid. After all, you don't get paid to hang out with your mates, on-line or otherwise.

That said, doing the same during lunch and coffee breaks (if you're allowed to use work computers and bandwidth privately) should be classed the same as hacking into your computer at home.

I used to work at a place where they let you use their WiFi network with your own laptop or tablet, but mine had 3G/4G so I used "my own" network. That meant that if they wanted to monitor emails they would have to literally tap my phone, which is illegal.

[zedirich]

my boss doesn't care about what I do at work. Oh no here he comes... I'm fired.