Re: Its War!
- From: "C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 14 Mar 2008 01:51:40 GMT
b11_ wrote:
So if I use a library desktop computer, which probably has special
software installed, the administrator can read and/or capture thre
screen I am watching but if I use a notebook computer, which has no
special software installed, the administrator can not see nor capture
the screen I am watching but could monitor which websites I visit. Is
that correct?
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"b11_" wrote:
I use a library computer that is part of a LAN. The System
Administrator uses WEBSENSE software and probably intermittantly
watches and captures the screen I am watching. The library will
soon have WiFi so if I used a notebook computer with WiFi
capability in the library to access the library LAN, can he still
watch and capture the screen I am watching?
As I said earlier, there are a number of issues involved. I know at the
Public Library in Seattle, if you use one of their terminals when you
sign up to use it, they state that they have the right to monitor the
terminal. Where-as their wi-fi has no warning when you access it. So at
the Seattle Library yes they can legally watch what you do on their
terminals. What you do on your computer via wi-fi they can monitor, but
their doing so would be illegal.
The next problem of course is that how could you PROVE that they were
monitoring your network traffic over wi-fi.
There are other states like Connecticut that say that a network owned
by the state or municipal government can monitor all network traffic on
their network. They do not need to post notification ofd such
monitoring policy and it is not considered to be an invasion of privacy
unless they share the information with a person or entity outside of
the state or municipal government agency in question.
The bottom line is that their are way to many gray areas involved.
Until there is a clear definition of what 'expectation of privacy is'
and what constitutes violation of privacy. Again its gray seeing the
data some claim is not an invasion, making use of or disseminating that
information makes it an invasion of privacy.
The best rule of thumb is if it is really private don't use a public,
corporate or government network. Even using a friends network in some
states allows the friend to monitor their private network without
letting you know.
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Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T
CSD Computer Services
Web site: http://csdcs.tlerma.com/
E-mail: csdcs@xxxxxxxxxx
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