Spy Software a RIGHT to monitor

["James Lee Gromoll" <jgromoll () hotmail com>]

Heard about on here and had to put in my
$.02
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> > [snip][paste]
> > "I believe a user would have the right to know what is running on >>their 
> > system,"

> You must understand something...A companies computers are >theirs...Period. 
> They have the right to put on them whatever they 
> >decide/choose/mandate/install unbeknonst to users/ however you want to 
> >slice it....they (corporations) provide users with computers, merely as 
> >a tool or vehicle of sorts to accomplish "work related" tasks....and 
> >work related tasks only (usually).

Corporations have no more "RIGHT" to do this than they have to put video 
cameras in the toilet stalls, which are thiers also. If our user provides 
his OWN unique password to access this system, similar to providing his own 
lock for his personal locker, then his use of the system is reasonably 
private. K-Mart lost a case over personal lockers just like this. If you 
reject that this is a "Locked" or "Secured" system, then the law still holds 
that the search must be "reasonable". Failing all this there are myriad 
telecommunications and wiretapping laws that would hold the corporation has 
overstepped its bounds when it fails to inform employees that it is 
monitoring traffic on its network. You would have to argue that this was 
used in the normal course of business, then you would have to explain why 
the normal course of business was to violate Title 18 Chapter 119 of the 
federal statutes. Even US military agencies recognize this and all military 
systems display banners and splash pages that inform you the system is 
subject to monitoring. Telling your company to put whatever software they 
want on a system to monitor personnel and not inform employees is bad. This 
could result in you being held accountable for it later. I strongly suggest 
you discuss it with your legal staff first. If you find out you are being 
monitored without being informed, there are lots of underemployed lawyers as 
well as the ACLU out there who are ready, willing and able.

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