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Subject:Using the Boss's (or Company's) resources -Reply From:Richard Anderson <RICHARD -at- ERUDITE -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 30 Sep 1995 23:08:54 -0600
Ah, but does using the company's resources mean that the company (i.e.
the president and sundry upper management) has rights to your personal
files and e-mail messages? We recently received an edict stating as
much.
OTOH, I can understand: you might use your business e-mail to FIND a
better job, not just learning to DO a better job. But it all feels like a
violent
and militant invasion of privacy.
I use my company's resources to print out my homework, access the
internet, phone home, etc.
Not only can I use my business e-mail to get information on how to do
a better job (after asking permission to do so), I got a modem so I could
remotely access my school account, which has better net surfing
capabilities.
This was my boss's way of encouraging me to become net-literate.
