On 9/23/13 3:32 PM, glen wrote:
To some extent, I think it might be typical for sysadmin types (e.g.
Snowden) to read things they shouldn't read.
IT people are a control mechanism for organizations. Their job,
unofficially, is to stay on top of things and make sure that computers &
information does not differentially amplify the productivity of anyone
but who management _wants_ to be amplified. Some IT people extrapolate
from that responsibility even further. It's not unheard of for them not
to be discouraged from doing that. "Bad sysadmin: You must now have a
slap on the wrists or, no, how about a raise?" Their insights are too
useful to the higher-ups to really do anything about it. Anyway, who
would audit the auditor? I think it is a scale free phenomena, i.e. your
boss behind it or it could be the POTUS.
Right. But the point is, can you have expectations of privacy at all,
any where, any time, with any task?
Among other things our computers at least give us clear and unapologetic
guidance:
"Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be
intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and
disclosed to
authorized site [..]"
Marcus
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