Can a server at work monitor websites visited?

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d123 wrote: »

they can even monitor your keystrokes if they were so inclined, your it guy probably even knows your passwords for all the sites you've been visiting while you should be working .

bofh ........

DigForVictory

Cautious peek above parapet.
I was a techie.
Occasionally there would be a sweep against chain emails & I would run a report early, mooch around a few users & have a quiet word, then run the report again later.

Now I work elsewhere but I still presume my machine can be monitored. I just hope those who do check are still human & minded to educate rather than scalp.

Collabora

RumRat wrote: »

Of course, IT have so much time on their hands. Normally they are complaining how hard the little darlings have to work.

You have no idea how an IT department works. The have to keep all their software upto date, make sure all the servers are running correctly and when 'mavis' cries her screens gone blank, then they have to go an see what is wrong and fix it.

and too Strider590 any Proxy settings will be blocked on all the work PCs, so actually employees wont have access to these setting. ( infact they wont have access to the C drive) so am employee would not be able to turn off proxy settings and if an employee attempted to access these systems forcefully then the IT guys would know and that employee would soon be removed from the building

RumRat

Collabora wrote: »

You have no idea how an IT department works. The have to keep all their software upto date, make sure all the servers are running correctly and when 'mavis' cries her screens gone blank, then they have to go an see what is wrong and fix it.

Not sure what your point is.....Other than to demonstrate your complete lack of irony.
Keep up...

benjus

Most companies are not so much concerned about people wasting time online - they are concerned about people downloading dodgy things that could compromise the company's IT security, visiting websites that might offend anyone walking past that saw them (especially if clients etc might be around), leaking sensitive company information - basically anything that could damage the company.

Collabora

RumRat wrote: »

Not sure what your point is.....Other than to demonstrate your complete lack of irony.
Keep up...

just replying to your comment saying that you think they sit around with their hands in their pockets. and i was just saying it is a demanding job, that can be stressful at times

RumRat wrote: »

Of course, IT have so much time on their hands. Normally they are complaining how hard the little darlings have to work.

RumRat

Collabora wrote: »

just replying to your comment saying that you think they sit around with their hands in their pockets. and i was just saying it is a demanding job, that can be stressful at times

As I said, you don't do Irony............Or, just don't understand it....