Posted: 7/8/2012 9:22:58 AM EDT
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If I hook my laptop up to the internet while working in a city building can they see my passwords when I sign on to different websites ?
Is there some way for them to get any info from my computer? Just wondering as my job has me watching contractors all day and it's getting pretty boring and thinking about taking my laptop but I don't need any kind of headache from doing so. They have wireless but I'm sure they have a password so I will hook up with cable ,any problems? |
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If their infrastructure is properly built and monitored they will see your rogue device the minute it hits the domain. Depending on their policies they may even dispatch someone to find and get it TFO their network.
As for your original question, they will be able to see where you went but precious little of what you did there. They won't trap your passwords or banking info, however. It can be done but it would take a coordinated and targeted effort on behalf of the admins. If I were you I'd just tether your smart phone or leave it at home. People like you cause people like me headaches when I have to come find you. |
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my job has me watching contractors all day and it's getting pretty boring Not to go hardcore here but, they're paying you to supervise folks and you want to bring your own computer into their network to not be so bored?? Does your boss approve this? They have me sitting there in case contractors show up because somebody from the company I work for has to be on site ,some days nobody shows and I sit there all day with nothing to do.Any thing that I can do is like a present form God and I jump right on it.But most of the time I sit.This is just temporary until they find me a new home or they lay me off.The company just lost the contract that I worked on for the last 6 years,because of county budget cuts. 
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They don't seem to have an IT department just some lady that hooks stuff up for people when they have a problem. Can my computer mess up their system ? If so then I will leave it home.No smart phone so maybe I'll bring a book.  The reason most orgs are meticulous about rogue devices on the network is shockingly similar to the reason most people dislike illegal immigration; the org has no idea what shape your computer is in when it gets there or what kinds of damage you could do to the network by just connecting it. Everybody says "my computer is clean and fine, it couldn't have caused a problem" right after Code Red shuts down the Exchange server (older geeks will get that). My professional advice is, find a public hot spot, get approval to connect to their network or leave it at home. Also, just because they don't have a visible IT department doesn't mean they don't have one. My wife's firm has nobody on-site for an IT presence (they use a few of the more techy folks on payroll for the simple stuff) but, they have a very competent and well equipped IT firm who handles their servers and security and who they can call out for real issues with their desktops (avg. response time <30 minutes). The last thing you want is for some vindictive manager to kick you off the job site because you plugged your home grown HP into their domain. |
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They don't seem to have an IT department just some lady that hooks stuff up for people when they have a problem. Can my computer mess up their system ? If so then I will leave it home.No smart phone so maybe I'll bring a book. The reason most orgs are meticulous about rogue devices on the network is shockingly similar to the reason most people dislike illegal immigration; the org has no idea what shape your computer is in when it gets there or what kinds of damage you could do to the network by just connecting it. Everybody says "my computer is clean and fine, it couldn't have caused a problem" right after Code Red shuts down the Exchange server (older geeks will get that). My professional advice is, find a public hot spot, get approval to connect to their network or leave it at home. Also, just because they don't have a visible IT department doesn't mean they don't have one. My wife's firm has nobody on-site for an IT presence (they use a few of the more techy folks on payroll for the simple stuff) but, they have a very competent and well equipped IT firm who handles their servers and security and who they can call out for real issues with their desktops (avg. response time <30 minutes). The last thing you want is for some vindictive manager to kick you off the job site because you plugged your home grown HP into their domain. Thanks for the info I figured someone on here would know ,looks like I will be leaving the computer at home.What about knitting any problems with that ? 
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