pcworld.com — Nearly half of IT workers have admitted to snooping around networks to look at confidential information, according to research from software firm Cyber-Ark. "When it comes down to it, IT has essentially enabled snooping to happen. It's easy -- all you need is access to the right passwords or privileged accounts and you're privy to everything that'
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x8sam8xJun 22, 2008
This is nothing new, it's what you do with that information.I work for Dept. Of Defense and I see a lot of things that are confidential and above as in secret and top secret but I'm not gonna open my mouth.
chiefucfJun 22, 2008
No, they're not. I never have, and I have admin rights to the entire company. I've got better things to do.
technopunditJun 23, 2008
... and a select few are delusional.
mpwnsJun 23, 2008
people pay for porn on the internet? get out! since when?
jakswaJun 24, 2008
epic.
armandomJun 26, 2008
I share music, use torrents, use other people's passwords, and use their computers without asking all the time.Not all music is locked down by the RIAA, even though I'm sure they would like it to be that way, I get linux .isos, among other things, from torrents quite often.I've tested many, many shareware programs, and either bought them they were worth it, or deleted them if they weren't.I've broken encryption on a document when the user couldn't remember the password he encrypted it with. And then pointed out to the user that the password he used wasn't much good if I was able to break it.I don't see what's wrong with going to a LAN party and playing a game you don't own. If my friend owns a copy of it, and I play it on his computer at the lan party, is that suddenly against the law? Does this new rule only apply to PC's, or should I be turning myself in for handing the controller to my xbox over to my buddy the other day and letting him play my copy of GTA4?I use other people's passwords very often to log into their account to fix something that they've broken, and same for logging onto their computers without first asking permission.Actually, come to think of it, I don't have to ask permission, I have permission from the higher-ups to be on every computer in our organization if I need to, without asking for it on a computer-by-computer basis.Why? Because my management trusts me not to go snooping where I shouldn't be, and not to break anything. That's the same reason they give me a key that opens every door in all of our buildings. I could go snoop through file cabinets if I wanted, but I don't.As for using a cracked copy of windows ever... ok, you got me. I pirated Windows 95 when it came out. My integrity is shot.I find it depressing that your definition of "not having integrity" is defined by all these activities that are perfectly legal, not the least bit immoral, and in most cases, part of my job.
nariusJun 30, 2008
You just did...