| Imagine the situation when you are happily | | | | having at least some freedom of using the |
| working to your current project using the PC in | | | | company's resource. |
| front of you, then came a popup message | | | | Privacy, defined as information being shared within |
| notifying you of a new email have been received | | | | a secluded group of people or alone, should not be |
| from a colleague. Seeing the 'Urgent' label across | | | | invaded, either in both real world or on this |
| the mail you clicked it open to find it to be a | | | | scenario, virtually. Employers have the right to |
| gossip about your boss's weird looking necktie is | | | | monitor your mailbox for worrying the leak of |
| all wrong with his pink blazer and blue slacks. Soon | | | | company secrets or so, but taking things like the |
| you see both of you being called into your boss's | | | | case above this seriously will only cause a |
| office facing your ugly nightmare. | | | | workgroup to be working involuntarily. |
| Because of the terminal monitoring software | | | | This is not only happening in the workplace, but |
| installed in your computer. Making it a chance for | | | | also in schools, homes, and even cyber cafes. |
| your boss to monitor your every email you've | | | | Schools with computer laboratories often imply |
| sent or received using your desktop. It may be | | | | strict monitoring methods to avoid students |
| just pure luck for your boss to notice this funny | | | | accessing harmful websites such as online |
| email, or it is there on purpose to catch gossipers | | | | pornography, bomb making sites, and sites full of |
| around. | | | | viruses and worms. We can see the need of |
| Yes it is wrong to not paying attention while | | | | computer monitoring here but blocking out online |
| working, but at least better than using the | | | | messenger services within friends, or even doing |
| computer to commit crimes or threats. Monitoring | | | | a research about 'Sextuplets', who would want to |
| an employee's work desktop should not be that | | | | expect the monitoring software to block the |
| strict until it is not possible to let employees | | | | search site and notify the teachers? |