I can say that some, but not all of these will work.
I can also say that, generally, the reason why there are rules for using your PC, is because they're necessary. For instance, if you install non-standard software (that you've been told NOT to do) and it breaks your system, I come fix it when I get around to it.
Most of these "work-arounds" dealt with access to your PC/files remotely. Have fun explaining to your manager how you uploaded your company's financials to StreamLoad (to bypass security so you could work from home) and they were stolen and published on the web. (true story) Or how you visited one of "those" websites at home, your laptop introduced a virus at work, and now no one (all 6000-odd corporate PCs) can access the internet because the virus took down the company proxy server (also a true story).
I'll also let you know that by-and-large...IT depts collect all of the goings-on, on all of the PCs on their network. Generally, though, we don't care. Personally, I don't care if you're checking your Fantasy Football stats at lunch, in fact, I'm likely doing the same. The only time it matters is when your manager comes up to me and says "redfish53 isn't getting their work done...what do his surfing habits look like?". That's when I pay attention. It doesn't happen frequently - the last time was pretty egregious, an employee was surfing sites like "GayMenForSex" at work - but by the time it gets to me, the supervisor's mind is made up and they're looking for excuses.
People forget that their work computers generally DON'T BELONG to THEM....they belong to, and are supported by, the company. So long as the company pays the piper, they get to call the tune.
Right; and you'll get your paycheck when one of us lower class people in accounting "get around to it"
The idea is that the company is a team, we're on the same side, and the company's goal is to serve the customer. The company sales rep can surf all he wants, wherever he wants, so long as more orders are coming in. All that matters is that the company gets rich serving the customer via the sales rep.
The IT is worth his paycheck only if he can serve the sales rep.
Of course, there is logmein.com, which lets you access and control your computer remotely for free....no online storage at all.
However, I substitute taught last year and a few schools had already blocked it. I have been hired to teach this year and hope the district I am in allows it.
I need access to files on my home computer and web email sometimes, and it is really annoying when it is blocked.
We had an employee who visited an AUTO PARTS SITE that was hacked and infected. It downloaded a backdoor trojan, which allowed installer downloads. In minutes, his machine was swamped with popups, toolbars, fake spyware scanners like Spylocked, and then everything propagated on the network shares. Some of these defeated firewall settings and shut down AV's.
Some of the CNC machine tools were Windows Based (Are they NUTS??).
The machines were running expensive, intricate titanium parts when they went down.
We lost $50,000.
The people who write and distribute many of these are known. Nothing happens to them.
They aren't very savy YET. So I can check histories etc... Is there an inexpensive key logger program or do you have any suggestions on how I can monitor e-mails and web sites visits..
I have 6 computers in the house that are linked by Linksys to a cable modem. thanks for any help.
I notice that my computer is slow so I go to task manager and delete proceses that seem sneaky to me...like defwatch,tireremoteservice & savroam every morning my computer starts up.