On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:15, John Aldrich
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> One of my users is in the middle of a nasty divorce with his wife. He’s 
> trying to install
> a keylogger on his company laptop so he can get access to her email (she uses 
> his
> company-provided laptop at home) and prove she’s been cheating. Obviously 
> Vipre
> doesn’t want to let him install it, but I overrode Vipre and told it to 
> unquarantine it. My
> question is, did I do the right thing or should I make him uninstall it?

You think it's OK for non-company employees use company equipment?

Perhaps you haven't considered the possibility of being called in
front of a jury to explain why what you didn't isn't facilitation of a
felony - wiretapping or some Federal hacking charge or other. The
aggrieved party would be the wife, and she might want to press a civil
claim as well. This is a bit unlikely, but not completely out of the
realm of possibility. Zealous prosecutors do exist.

Better talk with your company lawyer on this one.

Kurt

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