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- plamoni, on 10/12/2007, -3/+71As entertaining as it is, it sounds a little TOO good. Also, the only reason these guys would have even considered such a course of action is they knew their jobs were as good as gone already. Doing something like this is not only something that will get you fired really fast, but also, quite possibly, illegal. At the very least it could get you fired and probably sued.
Don't try this at home :-) - badnewsblair, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36Who wonders that?
- barbobot, on 10/12/2007, -10/+39modern day jedis?
jedis have never existed... - ripcrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28"I read your email." shirt avail. at thinkgeek.com
- retral, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25(Fact or fiction) still a good read.
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+32Pretty good. Good time to wear:
ALL YOUR EMAIL BELONGS TO ME! shirt. - acdcbag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23This is not Emerson. This has been misquoted many times. It's a quote from a poem written by Bessie Stanley, supposedly. Not Emerson though. Peace.
- ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23If it went through, they would have been fired anyway. I don't see the risk there.
- PecanHead, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23I do; I was wondering it like 5 minutes ago.
- Staryx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22Heh, -2 diggs on the comment above at the time of this writing... Guess that just proves the 11th commandment.
Thou shalt not plot to murder the creator and steal his beer. - securitymonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21The guy that emailed me this story included the actual company name and several people's names. I had to sanitize it, because I don't like attracting lawyers to my blog - thank you very much. :-)~
If you read back a few weeks, others have contributed similar types of stories. - sabos, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24 I doubt this is true. It has all the hallmarks of an urban legend. A non-specific, cautionary tale that's appealing to the audience and a the bad guys get it in the end. I don't think so.
- rderveloy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18by plamoni:
"As entertaining as it is, it sounds a little TOO good. Also, the only reason these guys would have even considered such a course of action is they knew their jobs were as good as gone already. Doing something like this is not only something that will get you fired really fast, but also, quite possibly, illegal. At the very least it could get you fired and probably sued."
Maybe so, maybe no. Most companies have email policies that say that every email using a company email account is the property of the company and misuse of the company's email system is grounds for diciplinary action.
Using company resources to visit illicit sites and conduct business with illicit sites is usually grounds for termination in of itself, let alone using company resources to backstab the board of investors. The board runs the company, and they can hire and fire cheif-level officers.
So, you need to look at it from the board's perspective. An employee, through the use of company assets, revealed the mismanagement of company assets of one of your direct hires that you wouldn't have known about otherwise. Apon recieving this information, you fire your direct hire for breaking company policy and basically tring to backstab you.
It's a no brainer. Not only did the employee reveal the misdeeds of one of your direct hires, the emploee also saved the company. - znelson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18funny, i did the same thing to an ex-girlfriend so I got bcc'd on every mail sent and bounced a copy of every incoming mail. found out about her cheating and beat her to the punch. unfortunately it wasn't a literal "punch".
- themachina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Good read, but those IT guys took a pretty big chance. They could've been fired and/or taken to court.
Not saying a little vigilantism isn't a good thing, but watch your ass... - drollia, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21very entertaining. To bad that this doesn't happen to Employees more often
- teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22and how sure we are this is real...not very
- tankko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Crap. Money doesn't buy happiness, but what it does buy is security and the freedom to pursue the things that do make you happy.
- Staryx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15@ barbobot
Not if people in England get thier way. - clevershark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14*I'm still wondering why every exec doesn't use PGP encryption for these delicate topics.*
That guy couldn't even figure out how to get porn without paying, I doubt he has mastered PGP-fu. - flinx, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Does anyone else get the feeling that this is just elaborate spam for littlepinkgirls.com? ;)
- Scopitone, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16So shines a good deed in a weary world.
- panique, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Woulda been funny if everybody showed up on Monday wearing that shirt.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15Yeah...I'm gonna need you to come into work on Saturday and Sunday....
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Good point, but it is a very geek-empowering story, so let's just assume it's real ;)
Or you can go rampage on it, Million Little Pieces-style. Your choice. - dallen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8probably because most execs dont know PGP from a PSP
- spanner, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15I don't believe a word of this story at all, it smells like an attempt at creating an urban myth.
No digg from me for fabrications. - SouthernDigger, on 10/12/2007, -8/+15haha @littlepinkpirls.com... classic. Why is it that all fat old exec types are usually sleezballz as well?
- clevershark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Geeks beat suits... gotta love it, if it's true.
- FreakTrap, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10yea, we got it...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10All your email are belong to us.
- Motobike_man, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8you'd be surprised, my CEO once used his account to solicit escort services.
- thirdplanet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I was thinking blackmail, myself.
- godmode, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Somehow i get the feeling that that email was just wishful thinking. That porn part was paticularly unbelieveable.
- n00854180t, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Just goes to show, it's not really a good idea to ***** with people that control the equipment that runs your business. Though really, getting fired is too good for these "execs". In a better world, they'd have been tortured to death.
- evilTak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This appears to be totally different - he logged into the mail server two weeks *after* they fired him (good job, network security), deleted a domain, and set up email blocks.
- kowgod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7A ***** of people pay for porn on the internet. That's why it's such a profitable business, and why young girls all around the world are bought and sold into the industry.
Youngish geeks might get their porn fix from usenet, but there is definitely a market for this sort of thing out there. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I know that I work for a company that is evil. Not evil at the top, so much, as just collectively evil. They're not very nice people. If it wasn't for these damn golden handcuffs, I'd move onto a company I could trust. One day soon, I'm sure, thing will blow up at a level far above me, and I'll be out of a job.
The best thing you can do when you work at an evil company is to realize that they are evil. Then you, yourself, can be evil. Self-interest goes a long way at an evil organization. - matthewsr2000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8try typing in the address littlepinkgirls.com for yourself and see. . .
- Tweekster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6How is it unethical.
He had no right to privacy on the company email system.
He was trying to screw people over, and he is a pervert commiting multiple felonies.
Yeah, nailing him was sooo unethical, those geeks will certainly burn for that...rolls eyes. - vvaduva, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Funny story, but how can a CFO single handed sell a company without the approval of the board and investors? This makes no sense...
- master_of_fm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7they are lucky that their United States Attorney office decided not to get involved, a friend of mine gotten in a lot of serious ***** for doing something along the same lines. he would have just gotten a slap on the wrist from the company he worked for and been able to keep his job, but the United States Attorney decided to file charges for computer crime and make an example of him. the indictment exaggerates what actually happened
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/can/press/html/2005_02_16_meydbray.html
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/can/press/html/2005_11_30_MeydbraySentence.htm
although had I been in the same situation as these geeks I would have done the same thing - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+15You are hired to do a job, and work on projects that may be sold at any time or may be worked on by someone in the future. Bottom line is run your own company or work for yourself.
- dgritsko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5don't forget, the dude was a total dumbass. this fits perfectly with the context of the rest of the story.
- panique, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Real or not, it's a "Johnny Appleseed" story. So, be good geeks, read your boss's email and turn them in when they surf kiddie porn and try to screw everyone out of their fair share.
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -12/+17Geeks need to take on the role of modern day jedis. Justice is a beautiful thing.
- longman2g, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Well if I was a CEO or COO or CFO I would take the money and run!" It is because of ***** like you that we have these problems. Have you even heard the words integrity or ethical before?
- snowballs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Clever? - yes. Legal? - doubtful. True? - even more doubtful.
If the CFO of any company, no matter how much of a pre-vert he or she is, has been setup to bcc everyone in the company unknowingly, leads me to believe that these IT guys could minimally be prosecuted for fraud - particularly for essentially intercepting a financial officer's email and sending it out to an "allemps" alias. Example - it is typical that if you disclose earnings information for your company x days before the quarterly earnings statement is released, you'd better hope that you could fall back on a burger flipping career, if you weren't doing time. - Antimatter3009, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Either way it's entertaining and deliciously twisted. I don't see how you can complain :)
- diggerphelps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Plenty of 'happy endings' in the pron business.
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