Using company computers to access TUSCL

I do not because it is a violation of our policy and I love making over a quarter of a million dollars a year! #SpeakingDaTruth

It would not be prudent.

It is a policy violation, and even if it wasn't you can bet they would be keeping some record.

it's not worth my job when you guys are still here at the end of my work day

Nope, filters and a violation. Use my phone for TUSCL nearly always.

I work for myself but if I did work for an employer I'd never access TUSCL or any site like it through a work computer. It's a complete no-no for me.

Guess what would happen to an employee of mine who was caught using the company's computers or Blackberrys for such use?

Big brother is always watching.

I've tried to access tuscl from my phone when it had automatically connected to the wifi network at work. Sadly the site was blocked as "inappropriate." I thought that was terribly judgmental. It's not like I was going to download porn. We aren't even allowed o post pictures.

^^^ I take you didn't take it up with IT, though.

I still don't understand the point of connecting to WIFI with the speeds that LTE offers.

I wok with a person who did that. The boss caught them & fired him on the spot.

"I wok (sic) with a person who did that. The boss caught them & fired him on the spot."

Was this at the Piggly-Wiggly?

Nope, like you said there are massive content filters where I work. Like JohnSmith said, when I try to connect to the wifi on my phone, it is deemed inappropriate.

The German firm I work for has my laptop so locked down, I can't go anywhere. Even Yahoo or Google is "flagged". If accessed, I get a nastygram, but no repercussion. Every keystroke goes through Germany. When I travel, two laptops follow me.

I'd quit! F'ing faggots for blocking me. I'll show them who's boss.

No way.

Nope, not at work at all. The other thing to keep in mind is accessing through any WiFi network. The owner of that connection has router history logs that will list every site visited. Important tip when visiting family members and getting access to their network.

That's why I still have porn on paper. Trapper Keepers of that shit.

Wouldn't dare at work. Our network is a little less restrictive, but still. Plus, I use Chrome, which keeps your Internet history on every device you're signed into from every device you're signed into, so I visit in Incognito Mode whenever I'm here at home or on mobile. Not. Even. Taking. The chance.

Why would anyone do this? It's just asking to get in trouble

What's the point of having a computer at work if you can't use it to view porn and chat about strippers?

Many decent sized work places are running proxy servers which can track every click.... Simply not worth the risk and potential consequences.

I think I have from my work issued laptop before. Probably while on the road, never when I was in the office.

For many years our internet was unrestricted though someone was periodically checking what was going on because I know others were reprimanded/punished for whatever they were using their computers for. Those days are over and everything is filtered.

I only asked the question because I know that many of you are posting while at work. It's obvious from the answers that nobody appears to be doing it.

So next question is does your company really even need internet access to operate? It would be very difficult for the department I was working in to get the job done with out it. There would have to be another source available for some information that is urgently needed. Most of the other departments in the company certainly did not need it.

^^^lets start a new discussion thread for new questions okay

"So next question is does your company really even need internet access to operate?"

@shadowcat - yes, most of the apps we use now - file sharing, collaborative tools, virtual meetings, plus time sheets, HR, etc - are all web based now

I can't get too much into the technical details, but we have contingency plans for everything and many people working full time on new ones all the time. The core of the business could survive w/o it.

Yes I post while in at work, but it's from my phone. Company has things locked down.

Connecting to wifi versus LTE: If you do not have an unlimited data plan, connecting to wifi lets somebody else foot the Internet access bill.

My company would be out of business if it weren't for the Internet. A very core system would still work, but getting information into it and out of it would be difficult.

The Internet thing, I think, is two-fold:

First off, on rare occasions, I do have a question about something work-related that I Google or consult a professional message board about. Since that's a really basic function of a computer nowadays, it's probably a lot easier for most employers to just leave a browser on the computer and filter restricted sites than to try and make the computer run without Internet (think about critical software updates and whatnot, too ... generally speaking, Web-delivered).

Secondly, most E-mail servers are somehow web-based, or it's easier to have them be that way rather than totally internal (since a lot of workplaces just use existing Microsoft or Google infrastructure), so again, it would probably be more difficult to do computers completely without Internet than with it. Sans-Internet is probably much easier than sans E-mail, which is pretty important to business nowadays.

Throw in the fact a lot of workers now probably listen to Internet radio or Pandora or something, too, and yes, like to sneak a peek at their Facebook or whatever during the day, and being at a place totally without Internet probably wouldn't be all that appealing to prospective employees, unless you're in a high-paying data security job or something where being on the Web would put you at risk.

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"So next question is does your company really even need internet access to operate?"

Yes. As far as I know, no intellectual property is on my laptop. If I need documents or software, drivers, whatever, I have to download them. Then that information is encrypted on my laptop. My laptop is more just a client.

I own the business and we do not maintain a firewall site log, so yes. I also travel a lot, so I'm often on hotel networks or my wireless modem anyway. I never access dicey sites when I am connected to clients' guest WIFI networks as I always assume that everything is being logged.

There are also security concerns as a lot of porn sites contain viruses or worms that can search out and compromise classified documents. Never did it when I was working.

Not while I worked in corporate America.

I do now b/c I work for a small biz (only a handful of employees) that kinda outsources its IT and the network really has no filters (I also connect to the Wi-Fi via my laptop and don’t use the company PC).