Comments on: Personal and Company Digital Spying http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2010/06/07/personal-and-company-digital-spying/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adam D http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2010/06/07/personal-and-company-digital-spying/comment-page-1/#comment-296424 Adam D Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:49:53 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=4853#comment-296424 To reply to your closing questions, I think it might be an ease-of-access temptation. I'm curious as to how many of the study thought that spying through tech was too much of a violation of trust to commit. (That is, snooping on unfounded suspicion is something that I wouldn't do to my girlfriend. If I suspected her, it's vastly more justified.) Who of that 10% under 25 suspected their significant other, or found out simply by browsing their texts? In the enterprise, I feel that similar discretion should be used. Trust your employees, but if there are lapses in judgment or commitment, take a look. If they're using their work time to converse, or to job search (!), you the organization would (IMO) have the right to attempt to find out. Adam To reply to your closing questions, I think it might be an ease-of-access temptation. I’m curious as to how many of the study thought that spying through tech was too much of a violation of trust to commit. (That is, snooping on unfounded suspicion is something that I wouldn’t do to my girlfriend. If I suspected her, it’s vastly more justified.) Who of that 10% under 25 suspected their significant other, or found out simply by browsing their texts?

In the enterprise, I feel that similar discretion should be used. Trust your employees, but if there are lapses in judgment or commitment, take a look. If they’re using their work time to converse, or to job search (!), you the organization would (IMO) have the right to attempt to find out.

Adam

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