August 17, 2012
YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY FROM YOUR EMPLOYER...:
Stepped-up computer monitoring of federal workers worries privacy advocate (Lisa Rein, August 16, 2012, Washington Post)
Government workers have long known their bosses can look over their shoulder to monitor their computer activity. But now, prompted by the WikiLeaks scandal and concerns over unauthorized disclosures, the government is secretly capturing a far richer, more granular picture of their communications, in real time.Federal workers' personal computers are also increasingly seen as fair game, experts said.Nonintelligence agencies spent $5.6 billion in fiscal 2011 to safeguard their classified information with hardware, software, personnel and other methods, up from $4.7 billion in fiscal 2010, according to the Information Security Oversight Office. Although only a portion of the money -- the amount is not specified -- was spent on monitoring for insider threats, industry experts say virtually every arm of the government conducts some form of sophisticated electronic monitoring.
...but you do have the right to seek other employment.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 17, 2012 5:14 AM
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