Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Protecting your Facebook privacy at work isn't just about passwords

Many big firms use "lawful interception" appliances that monitor all employee communications, including logins to banks, health providers, family members, and other personal sites. Even firms that don't require self-signed certificates in their employees' computers may use keyloggers, screenloggers, and other spying tools to watch what you do and capture your passwords. If your employer, school or institution gets to control the software on your computer, you can't know that it's not snooping on you at all times. Just ask the kids in the Lower Merion School District, whose school-issued laptops were loaded with software that let school administrators covertly watch students at home and at school through the computers' webcams.
Protecting your Facebook privacy at work isn't just about passwords | Technology | guardian.co.uk

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