Explorer! Using work comp.

[bobby_the_one]

when using explorer at work, a little eye appears in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. When i hover the cursor over it, it says privacy report! Does this mean im being watched? Anyone else get this at work? Cheers rob

 

[Andy.]

Nope, it is just the controls for cookies in IE. If you were being watched, it would be further on down the line and not from the browser direct.

 

[bobby_the_one]

in a new window? like a dos prompt?

 

[Andy.]

What? Being watched? Nope, they normally track internet traffic through a proxy server to log who is visiting what for how long etc. You cannot track this as an end user.

It is also perfectly possible to view somebody elses screen without them knowing it. It is down to how the programs are configured but we have numerous tools to check in on somebody without them knowing it. Whether it is ethical or not is another matter.

For user assistance, our support guys use a tool which lets the user know that somebody is joining their PC, it lets them know when they have left again and makes everybody feel like they have some privacy.

My advice, dont do anything on your work PC that you dont want somebody to know about, it can all be tracked and logged very easily should anybody feel the need.

 

[ChrisR]

For user assistance, our support guys use a tool which lets the user know that somebody is joining their PC, it lets them know when they have left again and makes everybody feel like they have some privacy.

When I used ot use SMS for remote control at my last place by default it would ask the user if they gave permission to be remote controlled, and then there would be an icon on their screen for the session.

however a couple of reg keys later and you don't need the users permission and you can not display the icon