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Hi All,
There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. |
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Lucy's Mom wrote: Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. Considering how much easier those "social media" make identity theft, IMO your employer has the right idea! Laying your home computer open to any hacker with the inclination to work mischief with your personal information is your own business - doing the same when you post from an employer's computer network is something else again. |
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"Lucy's Mom" wrote in message ... Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. I'm sorry too. If I were an employer, facebook would make me awfully nervous too though. I'd be uneasy using it myself if I still had other peoples tax information on my computer. It doesn't seem to be all that secure. We are available at the library though! Take a peek sometime. Jo |
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
Lucy's Mom wrote: Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. Considering how much easier those "social media" make identity theft, IMO your employer has the right idea! Laying your home computer open to any hacker with the inclination to work mischief with your personal information is your own business - doing the same when you post from an employer's computer network is something else again. In what way does "social media" lay open a computer to any hacker? -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
m... Lucy's Mom wrote: Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. Considering how much easier those "social media" make identity theft, IMO your employer has the right idea! Laying your home computer open to any hacker with the inclination to work mischief with your personal information is your own business - doing the same when you post from an employer's computer network is something else again. I agree, Evelyn! My former employer in TN had to lock down the firewall and allow admin-only access to install even work-related software updates because people kept installing frivilous "chat" software and spending time online rather than do their jobs. (This was well before the days of Facebook & Twitter.) Get a grip, people, it's not *your* computer! This sort of thing doesn't belong in the workplace. You want to play? Do it on your own time. At home. Jill |
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"Adrian" wrote in message
... EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: Lucy's Mom wrote: Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. Considering how much easier those "social media" make identity theft, IMO your employer has the right idea! Laying your home computer open to any hacker with the inclination to work mischief with your personal information is your own business - doing the same when you post from an employer's computer network is something else again. In what way does "social media" lay open a computer to any hacker? -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Hackers are everywhere. And does such a thing belong in the workplace? Nope. That's not what the employer is paying the employees to do. Jill |
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jmcquown typed: "Adrian" wrote in message ... EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: Lucy's Mom wrote: Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. Considering how much easier those "social media" make identity theft, IMO your employer has the right idea! Laying your home computer open to any hacker with the inclination to work mischief with your personal information is your own business - doing the same when you post from an employer's computer network is something else again. In what way does "social media" lay open a computer to any hacker? -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Hackers are everywhere. And does such a thing belong in the workplace? Nope. That's not what the employer is paying the employees to do. Such pages are blocked here at work because they are not relevant to our company's core business ideals, and are big timewasters. As much as its annoying, I have to agree with my employer on this - if they let me had Facebook here, even the cut down, no applications Facebook, I'd still spend a large amount of their time playing with it rather than doing the stuff I"m paid to do. Fair enough, really. Yowie |
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"Yowie" wrote in message ... In , jmcquown typed: "Adrian" wrote in message ... EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: Lucy's Mom wrote: Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. Considering how much easier those "social media" make identity theft, IMO your employer has the right idea! Laying your home computer open to any hacker with the inclination to work mischief with your personal information is your own business - doing the same when you post from an employer's computer network is something else again. In what way does "social media" lay open a computer to any hacker? -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Hackers are everywhere. And does such a thing belong in the workplace? Nope. That's not what the employer is paying the employees to do. Such pages are blocked here at work because they are not relevant to our company's core business ideals, and are big timewasters. As much as its annoying, I have to agree with my employer on this - if they let me had Facebook here, even the cut down, no applications Facebook, I'd still spend a large amount of their time playing with it rather than doing the stuff I"m paid to do. Fair enough, really. Yowie Much as I hate "big brother" employers, I have to agree. It was a problem for me when I was self-employed and worked alone a good part of the time. Just too easy to get involved in the computer and forget time. Even worse when I was nearing retirement and moved the office into my home. Once I had a computer and a kitchen it was hard to get anything done. Jo |
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You can try checking your local library - ours has computers for internet
access if you sign up for it? In the meantime, sending purrs. Christine "Lucy's Mom" wrote in message ... Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. |
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"Christine Burel" wrote in message
... You can try checking your local library - ours has computers for internet access if you sign up for it? In the meantime, sending purrs. Christine LOL I'm sorry, but have you ever used a computer at the public library? They are the slowest things on the planet. I doubt you could accomplish much even on your lunch hour Jill "Lucy's Mom" wrote in message ... Hi All, There seems to be some issues with my employer regarding our use of Facebook and other social media, so until they get their heads out of you-know-where and into the current century, I'll have to bow out. I've been recieving y'alls invites and would love to participate but we need my job. AFAIK, the occassional usenet post hasn't been outlawed yet but that could change. I'm so sorry.. |
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