can work see my google searches

mountainyman

just what it says on the tin

truecrippler

Yes, all google searches turn up on the IT guys and or Managers history... especially the rudey nudey searches.

MagicMarker

They would more than likely be able to see any page visited, including search result pages.

So, yes.

Peyton Manning

Yes. You're fucked.

kingtut

Oh I have a question on this.......

321654

Yes.
And your Boards.ie posts do too.

I have a load of them on my desk i have to tackle some staff on in the next few weeks. The posts make some very interesting reading

mountainyman

mountainyman wrote: »

just what it says on the tin

Well stop searching for ****, **** & ******.

MagicMarker

Can they really see your board's posts? I mean I know they can view the same pages, but can they see that it's you? What about other stuff like hotmail etc? Can they view that stuff even without a password?

Mena

MagicMarker wrote: »

Can they really see your board's posts? I mean I know they can view the same pages, but can they see that it's you? What about other stuff like hotmail etc? Can they view that stuff even without a password?

Not really, just how much time you waste on hotmail.

Caoimhín

mountainyman wrote: »

just what it says on the tin

No more hairy midget porn for you mtman..

321654

MagicMarker wrote: »

Can they really see your board's posts? I mean I know they can view the same pages, but can they see that it's you? What about other stuff like hotmail etc? Can they view that stuff even without a password?

Yes we can. All i have to do is pull the report and click on a link that a particular person went to. This will bring me to their posts.

Hotmail no, but as another poster says we can see every site you go to. I believe web mail is usually encrypted though.

Its not funny though because the brass are looking for any excuse to fire people and thats why i have to deal with this report. Not to mention read them all and write my own report on who is the least productive, along with my other managers. The reading part is fun though. Amazing who posts what really.

dr.bollocko

321654 wrote: »

Yes we can. All i have to do is pull the report and click on a link that a particular person went to. This will bring me to their posts.

Hotmail no, but as another poster says we can see every site you go to. I believe web mail is usually encrypted though.

Its not funny though because the brass are looking for any excuse to fire people and thats why i have to deal with this report. Not to mention read them all and write my own report on who is the least productive, along with my other managers. That part is fun though. Amazing who posts what really.

If I were you working where you are I would not be on fecking boards explaining why you are writing a report out that might get people fired for wasting time on the internet.

MagicMarker

321654 wrote: »

Yes we can. All i have to do is pull the report and click on a link that a particular person went to. This will bring me to their posts.

But how do you know they posted a particular post?

For instance, if you see ''http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/usercp.php'' on a person's history, and you click on that link, surely it will just bring you to the login page, and not their actual usercp, likewise with all their new posts?

Or is it just a case of matching the posting times with the time they viewed the page?

mountainyman

I just clicked the cached google pages though.

fjon

On a similar note, would searches show up if connected through VPN?

321654

dr.bollocko wrote: »

If I were you working where you are I would not be on fecking boards explaining why you are writing a report out that might get people fired for wasting time on the internet.

Why not? I have to speak to them anyway over the next few weeks or months. Whenever the hammer falls. Also several others i know will be having the same conversation with their staff soon too. Its just the climate we're in. Redundancies or Firings. Firings cost a company nothing and company bosses, like mine, are scraping to save money ANYWHERE.

BaconZombie

Depending on how bored your local BOFH he can capture and see EVERY think you enter.

This includes email, websites visited or just searched for, and encrypting is not going to help either since it can easily decoded with out you even knowing.....

Edit:

I've a nice little program that displays all the images that pass over the network.

MagicMarker wrote: »

Can they really see your board's posts? I mean I know they can view the same pages, but can they see that it's you? What about other stuff like hotmail etc? Can they view that stuff even without a password?

BaconZombie

The cache pages and log will still be on your system. VPN connection can be intersected and monitored but it take a little more work, so if you have not pissed over the networking guys you should be ok.

fjon wrote: »

On a similar note, would searches show up if connected through VPN?

321654

MagicMarker wrote: »

But how do you know they posted a particular post?

For instance, if you see ''http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/usercp.php'' on a person's history, and you click on that link, surely it will just bring you to the login page, and not their actual usercp, likewise with all their new posts?

Or is it just a case of matching the posting times with the time they viewed the page?

This is your post.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=58927760&postcount=13

This is what would come up beside your name in the report.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=xxxxxxxxxx
The timestamps will match.
A report with 10 or 20 of these will identify you beyond doubt.
It sticks out like a sore thumb off the report.

And if you are targeted due to activity on the net the Ops dept will be recording your screen as you work.
You wont even know it. The Lawyers insist its done that way.

When the hammer comes they will bring you in and give you the bad news. Object and they'll show you the recordings.

Its been done before in my place, but for criminal activity, not for general time wasting on the net. But now that savings can be made, its different and anyones up for eviction.

Boards.ie is not the only site that comes up in reports either. So be careful. Companies will do anything to save money now.

MagicMarker

321654 wrote: »

This is your post.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=58927760&postcount=13

This is what would come up beside your name in the report.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=xxxxxxxxxx
The timestamps will match.
A report with 10 or 20 of these will identify you beyond doubt.
It sticks out like a sore thumb off the report.

Boards.ie is not the only site that comes up in reports either.

Interesting.

Well, internet usage, while not really looked upon kindly in work, is used by many and it seems a blind eye is turned once you're getting your work done.

Still though, will think twice in future before I start to browse, as I would be on boards a lot throughout the day.

Honey-ec

In my last job they were constantly running proxy reports and anyone with more than 5 hours a week internet usage got a verbal warning as it meant that they were using the internet outside their lunch hour.

Caoimhín

321654 wrote: »

Boards.ie is not the only site that comes up in reports either.

Midgetporn.ie?

Davidius

Your employer monitors every aspect of your life carefully. Every aspect. All of them.

321654

Sure i tried covertly to warn some people on my watchlist last week and they never noticed what i was sying to them and are posting away as ever. I cant tell them directly, so there is nothing else i can do. I have to follow orders or im gone instead.

321654

Caoimhín wrote: »

Midgetporn.ie?

Facebook is huge.

Bebo.

Askaboutmoney is a popular one.

ebay

People writing blogs at work.

Commenting on blogs and so on.

Twitter is hilarious. We make a point of reading peoples twitters for the fun of it.

Davidius

So, Grounds of the New is coo'?

Jesus Juice

What about Brazilian fart porn??

or

Gay amputee midget porn??

Honey-ec

Jesus Juice wrote: »

What about Brazilian fart porn??

or

Gay amputee midget porn??

Or "Two Girls One Cup"?

I got the bukkake equivalent of a Rick-roll earlier...

*pukes*

BaconZombie

The HR director in my last job used to spend 99.99% of his time on Gaydar....

I had to pour bleach in my eyes after reading some of the proxy logs....

Jesus Juice wrote: »

What about Brazilian fart porn??

or

Gay amputee midget porn??

Jesus Juice

Honey-ec wrote: »

Or "Two Girls One Cup"?

I got the bukkake equivalent of a Rick-roll earlier...

*pukes*

lol

Honey-ec

Honey-ec wrote: »

Or "Two Girls One Cup"?

I got the bukkake equivalent of a Rick-roll earlier...

*pukes*

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh195/Motivation_Is_Free/2Girls1Cup.jpg

swingking

what about using your own proxy. There will be no proxy logs then

BaconZombie

Yes, plus using an unauthorised proxy is most likely a break of your company's AUP.

swingking wrote: »

what about using your own proxy. There will be no proxy logs then

kingtut

OP you seem really worried / nervous / petrified / scared.

You must be doing something seriously wrong to be that panicky! Save the inappropriate google searches, internet activity for when you leave work.

I use the internet in work from time to time and the only thing that the company can track is my keystrokes (if they want). They are unable to do anything else.
All companies are different.

321654

kingtut wrote: »

OP you seem really worried / nervous / petrified / scared.

You must be doing something seriously wrong to be that panicky! Save the inappropriate google searches, internet activity for when you leave work.

I use the internet in work from time to time and the only thing that the company can track is my keystrokes (if they want). They are unable to do anything else.
All companies are different.

Good point. We were getting off the original question a bit.
OP you are probably fine. You wont be watched unless you end up on the watch list. And to get on that you'll need to be one of the top abusers i would say. They wont be searching randomly at all.

BaconZombie

Until your local BOFH is hungover and bored.... Which is probably 60% of the time....

321654 wrote: »

They wont be searching randomly at all.

pakblue

Didnt real the hole topic but

You might have a virus

iamfamous.dll

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic118447.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic181299.html