Big Brother is Watching You


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Big Brother is Watching You

Bob Weinstein

February 5, 2007






George Orwell’s fictitious vision of 1984 has come true. Think twice the next time you visit an entertainment website during work hours to find out what film is showing at your local theater or what band will be featured this weekend at a favorite club.
 
There’s a chance your boss could be watching--not over your shoulder, but over the company’s network. That’s right. It’s a 2007 version of 1984; the only difference is that it’s true. It’s a powerful and pervasive trend that has been gaining ground for more than a decade.
 
If you work for the IT department and you’re part of the security team that maintains or manages the company’s network, you could have the nasty job of snooping on your buddies. It’s not like you can cover a friend’s back, either, if he is spending inordinate amounts of time on gambling sites, wasting his hard-earned money betting on baseball or football games--and visiting other less-than-savory sites he ought not to.



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