Hi See below: "M. Adam Davis" 08/03/2000 14:16 Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: (bcc: Dan Lloyd/GBPTD/ABB) Subject: Re: [OT]EMPLOYER SNOOPING Security Level:? Internal Brian kraut wrote: > Also, does anyone know the leagality of someone listening in on your phone > calls without your conscent at work? Not recording them, just listening in. Check with a lawyer. There are differences from state to state and country to country, and the type of phone call makes a difference as well. IMO, if your company is doing all of that to you then you should seriously consider working elsewhere. It is obvious that this is getting to you, and is going to be affecting your work. Knowing that someone is always looking over your shoulder can be demoralizing, and productivity suffers. The only cases where this may be appropiate is when the employee is conducting illegal activites while at work, or if the employee is disclosing company information to others which is not public. Unfortunately many businesses feel that to prevent it from occuring they need to monitor everyone all the time. Out of curiosity, how are you finding out that your company is doing all this? I've known people to drive others paranoid by telling them they are being watched in various ways as a joke. As an aside, I see you are using earthlink as your email. I'm assuming you have an account with them, which you access from home and work. Your employer only has access to that mail if you are accessing it at work. They cannot make copies or forward that mail unless they have control of the account, or you are accessing it at work. I would strongly suggest you obtain an email account which has web access with strong encryption. That way you can access your email at work with your browser. They will not be able to see what's going over that encrypted link. **** This is not entirely true. If your PC is on the network, there are unobtrusive tools for obtaining snapshots of desktops, much in the same way as Netbus and other 'point and click' trojans can. This come under the guise of "remote admin configuration tools" for site software admin (WinVNC)....hence can be claimed to me "multi-purpose" and not put there for direct monitoring. I believe, in the UK, it is not illegal for an employer to monitor any activities......the only place they are not allowed to put cameras, for instance, is toilets. Dan -Adam