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can my employer see what web sites I visit

milani said:
Yes and if your employer gave you the phone (and you live in North America) chances are they already are. But that shouldn't be surprising to you. You're computer usage is already monitored, I'm sure, so there is no reason your smart phone would be any different.
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America reminds me of China sometimes...
 
bredell said:
This entire discussion is of course highly dependent on where you are, different countries have different laws. Here in Sweden, and I think most of Europe, the employer is not allowed to do any monitoring of an employee's personal information unless the employer has explicitly said that he will do such monitoring. The employer also must have a very good reason for doing this. Doing this kind of monitoring of employees is very uncommon and regulated by very strict laws. There have been a few incidents published by media where an employer had had to pay damages to an employee for reading that person's private email or checking web logs. This is true even if the email in question was sent to the person's work account using equipment owner by the employer.
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These kind of laws make little sense...If you can't understand the difference between business and personal, then you probably shouldn't be working.
 
the iphone saves everthing pictures, text, all the company has to do is go to O'Reillymedia.com and buy the iphone forensics software, same as the police use to check ipods and iphones.
 
Trust me - this is NOT paranoid thinking, this is fact: Everything is or can be recorded / intercepted. Be it land-line, cellular, email, text message, secure web session, IM or even snail mail. Everything.

I had to go through training and this was pounded into my head before being granted my clearance.
 
skubish said:
Wrong on the text messages. They can get access to them thru your cellular carrier. Just ask Kwame Kilpatrick (ex-mayor of Detroit)
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I think Kilpatrick was using a different type of device that was designed to store the messages on a separate server because he was a public servant.
 
PowerFullMac said:
America reminds me of China sometimes...
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We're talking about businesses monitoring their staff while on the company clock, using company issued devices. That's hardly comparable to China, where you aren't even allowed to access an unrestricted Google (at home or at work), and are probably subject to the most stringent monitoring systems in the world.
 
Queston

I have a personal Iphone that I connect to my work's email via exchange and sink to the iphone, can my employer view what sites I visit on the Iphone via a 3g network?
 
iphonehead said:
I'm not doing anything illegal or criminal. I just occasionally check out a xxx site.
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That is a very good reason to sack anybody. Do not visit adult sites at work! In fact, I wouldn't even use anything else that is likely to be unrelated to work. Forget Facebook, YouTube, forget personal emails. That's what your 3G connection, your smart phone and your breaks are for.
 
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If I have a personal Iphone that I get my work email on, can my employer know what sites I visit via a 3G network?
 
kernkraft said:
That is a very good reason to sack anybody. Do not visit adult sites at work! In fact, I wouldn't even use anything else that is likely to be unrelated to work. Forget Facebook, YouTube, forget personal emails. That's what your 3G connection, your smart phone and your breaks are for.
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I think he's using the company's phone, not sure he has his own but for the most part I agree with this. I'm the IT guy so I control the firewall at work:D and we're pretty laid back for the most part, I can view Corp firewall logs and they can view mine but like I said we're pretty laid back. That being said I tend to use my 3G connection and mywi for tethering when I'm at work and want to check things. I rather keep my personal info off the companies network if possible. We use Verizon and I can get a company phone and get a Droid X or Incredible if I so choose. I turned it down and just get my company mail on my iPhone. The main reason I turned it down is HR keeps up with the phones and I know at one time HR was talking to the Verizon rep about tracking the phones of the sales guys. No thanks I'll pass on being kept up with

To be honest I won't even use open wifi hotspots at hotels. I tether and use my 3G connection. If my not so techie cousin can use tools off the internet to snoop on people when he's at hotels using wifi, then as far as I'm concerned anyone can.
 
Moral of the story: Don't take a company phone. lol. Buy an iPhone yourself and look at whatever you want.
 
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