SMS wrote on [Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:04:18 -0700]:
> On 4/26/2011 5:08 PM, Justin wrote:
>> SMS wrote on [Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:23:39 -0700]:
>>> On 4/26/2011 4:25 AM, George wrote:
>>>
> What the Cisco study probably meant to imply is that people were using
> their smart phones, at work, for data usage, even when there was other
> Internet available, whether it was Wi-Fi for a phone or wired or
> wireless access for a desktop or laptop computer.
>
> I suppose it could be argued that some companies forbid the use of

SOME?!?!?!? I'd argue most.

> company computers for personal use, but by the same token those
> companies probably don't like people doing web browsing when they are
> supposed to be working. The companies I've worked for have all
> officially allowed occasional and reasonable personal use, and AFAIK it
> was not abused.


Companies can monitor anything and everything you do on company
computers. Every company I have worked for has an acceptbale us policy
that all use of company equipment will be for business purposes only.
Using a company PC to send and receive email is stupid. Let alone facebook
or anything else of the sort.

Of course companies don't want you browsing unless it's work related
and there is a LOT of browing that IS work related. The best troubleshooting
you can do it by pasting an error message into google to see what it
actually means.

A lot of companies block access to sites they don't want you to see,
and I run into a lot of issues with this due to problem solutions
for many technical issues posted on personal blogs that are blocked.