E-mail Privacy

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In article <1991May26.004112.15971 at ms.uky.edu> sean at ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
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>If a company said it was going to rifle your desk and your company car
>whenever it felt that it was its advantage to do so, how would you
>feel? What if they said they'd steam open your mail? Or that they
>would tap your telephone at random? Or all of the above? Would you
>work there? I wouldn't. I'd find it goddamn insulting.
>

Have you ever visited a Gov't building?  I try to avoid it but I went to
one once ;-).  At the entrance to the parking lot is a big sign...

All vehicles on this property are subject to search...

My wife worked for the Census Bureau.  Each day before she left work, for
lunch, to smoke a cigarette, whatever, she had to open her purse to be
searched, and empty her pockets.

Is it ethical? Hell NO!  Is it legal?  Probably.  They tell the people about
it up front, and whether you like it or not, thats the rules.

Around here, it is understood that I can use the company's computer 
facilities for anything I want, (So long as the company gets the profit
from it :).  However, they have the right to use the computers whenever
they wish, after all its their equipment.  If I don't want them to see all
my stuff, it had better be on floppies in my briefcase.  (NOTE: this has
never happened to me, but the guy they fired last year ...).  They once told
a couple of people here to delete all games from their PC (in the employee
manual games are listed as a firing offense, and the last I heard the guy
they caught lost in the higher courts.)  They were also told not to create
hidden sub-directories, or any other such bullShit to hide the games.
Anyway, to make a long story short, he didn't obey their "request".

	Just some personal experiences,
	brian