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Posted: 11/7/2019 1:46:29 PM EDT
One of my co-workers told me yesterday that another co-worker, periodically comes to my desk if I'm away, sits down and browses through my computer windows.

This nosey bastards son also works here and his son sent me an instant message yesterday morning asking how to do something in our engineering system.  I explained how then minimized the window.  shortly after that I had to go to our metal shop and when I returned to my desk I noticed that the conversation was open again.  Now if the son had responded to my message, the window would re-open, however there was no response from him.  I thought that was odd and made mention of it to the guy I share an office with when he told me that this other guy periodically comes to my desk, and if I'm not around, he sits down and peruses through my windows.

This guy isn't IT, or my boss.  He's just a co-worker in the engineering team.

I asked if he does it a lot and the guy says "Yeah, pretty often.  Maybe not every day but it's probably almost every day."

What would you do if you were me?
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:47:49 PM EDT
[#1]
Piss on your coworker to assert dominance

-not legal advice
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:48:16 PM EDT
[#2]
hit CTRL+ALt+Del and lock the screen anytime you walk away.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:48:17 PM EDT
[#3]
Log off or sleep mode anytime I left my desk.  He could be downloading all kinds of illicit crap from your workstation and you would be the one who gets blamed.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:48:26 PM EDT
[#4]
I don’t leave my desk without locking computer. EVER!  If I don’t some coworker will send an email from me to vp with “I really really love you”

Windows key - L
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:48:42 PM EDT
[#5]
Lock your computer?  Windows key + L
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:48:50 PM EDT
[#6]
I lock my workstations when I walk away.  Heck, it's policy.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:49:49 PM EDT
[#7]
You are an idiot for walking away and leaving the PC open.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:50:04 PM EDT
[#8]
Lock your machine with a password protected screen lock.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:50:07 PM EDT
[#9]
I have a locked and restricted office and still lock my computer when I step out of the office.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:50:19 PM EDT
[#10]
Lock the damn computer when you step away.

What was that line from FMJ? "If it wasn't for assholes like you, there wouldn't be any thievery!"

That applies here.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:50:25 PM EDT
[#11]
Aren't your computers CAC enabled?
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:50:27 PM EDT
[#12]
Hit the Windows button + L every time you walked away from the computer
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:50:40 PM EDT
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One of my co-workers told me yesterday that another co-worker, periodically comes to my desk if I'm away, sits down and browses through my computer windows.

This nosey bastards son also works here and his son sent me an instant message yesterday morning asking how to do something in our engineering system.  I explained how then minimized the window.  shortly after that I had to go to our metal shop and when I returned to my desk I noticed that the conversation was open again.  Now if the son had responded to my message, the window would re-open, however there was no response from him.  I thought that was odd and made mention of it to the guy I share an office with when he told me that this other guy periodically comes to my desk, and if I'm not around, he sits down and peruses through my windows.

This guy isn't IT, or my boss.  He's just a co-worker in the engineering team.

I asked if he does it a lot and the guy says "Yeah, pretty often.  Maybe not every day but it's probably almost every day."

What would you do if you were me?
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A password, sometimes called a passcode, is a memorized secret used to confirm the identity of a user.  
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:51:50 PM EDT
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Yup.

It has been required for every job I've had for the last ~15 years.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:52:07 PM EDT
[#15]
LMFAO, the workstations at my old job (ISP) all had a generic log in that required no password. So anyone could get on your computer. I had to physically tell those fucknuts that would always infect PC's with random STDs to stay the fuck away from my workstation.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:53:16 PM EDT
[#16]
I would be fired if I left my computer open and walked away
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:53:16 PM EDT
[#17]
Yeah, as 87 people already said, NEVER leave your computer without locking it.  There are literally hundreds of reasons for this but mostly, because people suck.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:54:35 PM EDT
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I don’t leave my desk without locking computer. EVER!  If I don’t some coworker will send an email from me to vp with “I really really love you”

Windows key - L
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My favorite that I would do was send the CEO an email from the unlocked system saying I'm a little teapot short and stout. By policy all PC are locked when not in use.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:54:55 PM EDT
[#19]
Have another mouse to swap out when you leave.

Have it covered in superglue.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:56:05 PM EDT
[#20]
paint a rat trap to match your chair.   arm it and leave it when away....  don't forget.....

also lock your computer when away......  failure to do that may result in hilarious cc's to entire mailing lists and what not.....  
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:56:11 PM EDT
[#21]
Haha.

OP, I guess better late than never to learn this.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:56:26 PM EDT
[#22]
I would be pissed. Last time I did I left Arfcom open and someone posted that I voted for Hilary I am now on a bunch of ignore lists
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:56:47 PM EDT
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hit CTRL+ALt+Del and lock the screen anytime you walk away.
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Windows key + L

ETA: Beat like a red rented step mule.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:57:16 PM EDT
[#24]
Lock your computer or log out. Who the fuck doesn't do this?? Its policy at work and in the military in my experience.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:57:19 PM EDT
[#25]
Leaving an unattended computer unlocked is like parking your car and leaving it unlocked, with the key in the ignition.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:58:28 PM EDT
[#26]
Pull your CAC card. Leaving a system logged in is a CAT 1 finding.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:58:35 PM EDT
[#27]
Put a password protected screen lock on your computer.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:58:44 PM EDT
[#28]
If your company tracks your internet usage then get on his computer and start downloading onto his machine the kinkiest most depraved porn you can.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:59:00 PM EDT
[#29]
Make up a fake email between you and the boss talking about how you can easily take over Nosey Guy's responsibilities when the fire him on Monday.  
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 1:59:05 PM EDT
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I don’t leave my desk without locking computer. EVER!  If I don’t some coworker will send an email from me to vp with “I really really love you”

Windows key - L
My favorite that I would do was send the CEO an email from the unlocked system saying I'm a little teapot short and stout. By policy all PC are locked when not in use.
You’re one of “those” people aren’t you!?
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:00:08 PM EDT
[#31]
Shit in his boots and set him on fire.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:01:42 PM EDT
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Haha.

OP, I guess better late than never to learn this.
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For sure.  My employer doesn't require locking the computer if you leave your desk, and I have it set to go to sleep after 5 minutes.  So it locks itself pretty quickly.  But I guess I'll start locking it myself since that's what the overwhelming majority of folks suggest doing.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:01:55 PM EDT
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You’re one of “those” people aren’t you!?
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I don’t leave my desk without locking computer. EVER!  If I don’t some coworker will send an email from me to vp with “I really really love you”

Windows key - L
My favorite that I would do was send the CEO an email from the unlocked system saying I'm a little teapot short and stout. By policy all PC are locked when not in use.
You’re one of “those” people aren’t you!?
You're supposed to send an email to the CEO copying HR and saying that you've lost confidence in his ability to lead and wish to end your employment effective immediately.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:02:06 PM EDT
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hit CTRL+ALt+Del and lock the screen anytime you walk away.
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Or the Windows Key and L
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:02:53 PM EDT
[#35]
In a whole lot of places how you'd feel is unemployed for leaving your computer unlocked while you're not there. But at least you'd have the company of your former and now unemployed co-worker.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:03:05 PM EDT
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Most companies require that
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:04:07 PM EDT
[#37]
I have a good friend that was terminated from a well paying job because he didn't lock his computer and another employee downloaded nasty porn on it.  Cameras in the warehouse with time stamps proved he wasn't at the terminal when it was downloaded but leaving the computer unlocked was still a violation.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:05:22 PM EDT
[#38]
We were required to lock our computers.

Only person besides me with pw was co-worker who had same trade authority as me.

If someone got on a chat with a counterparty, any deal they did would be concrete.

Such as, need 50 mws on pk tomorrow north

Counterparty,  got it at $65

My im,  Done

The deal is finished, and concrete.

If the market was at $50, we just lost $12,000
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:05:25 PM EDT
[#39]
Aside from everything else, what kind of buddy fucking piece of shit is your office mate to a) let this happen or b) not at least give you the heads up after the first time?
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:05:42 PM EDT
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Have another mouse to swap out when you leave.

Have it covered in superglue
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Or worse; anti-seize!
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:05:57 PM EDT
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hit CTRL+ALt+Del and lock the screen anytime you walk away.
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This.
Youre not obligated to protect the company info?
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:06:25 PM EDT
[#42]
Lock your computer if you get up.

If you catch his computer unlocked, send an email to all company expressing his manly love for all men.

Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:06:39 PM EDT
[#43]
I can literally get written up even fired if I don't lock my computer when I walk away from it.

Also, I might report it to your boss.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:06:55 PM EDT
[#44]
I could be fired if I left my computer unlocked while not in it's immediate control. OPs solution is simple.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:07:40 PM EDT
[#45]
Zip tie an air horn under the seat so it goes off when he sits down....stand over him and laugh while he dies of a heart attack
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:08:12 PM EDT
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Lock your machine with a password protected screen lock.
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This.  Also do the same to his computer and set the password to:

Staythefuckoffmycomputeryounoseymotherfucker

or something similar.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:09:20 PM EDT
[#47]
CTRL + space bar locks mine as well.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:10:46 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:11:03 PM EDT
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I lock my workstations when I walk away.  Heck, it's policy.
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At Comcast Business you would be written up and/or fired if you walked away from your unlocked computer more than once.

With good reason.
Link Posted: 11/7/2019 2:13:19 PM EDT
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hit CTRL+ALt+Del and lock the screen anytime you walk away.
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Windows key and "L" does same thing with one hand.


@Fat_McNasty
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