Hopefully our current administration can really work hard to curtail that stupidity.

My comment was strictly based on the fact that, even if it is their property, and they provide no disclaimer, than whatever they find is may or may not be admissible for disciplinary action, depending on circumstances and contractual or local law, from what I have been taught. It’s the same as searching an employees assigned locker. If the employer does it with the employee or the employees representative there, it is a legal search, no questions asked.

Also Bobby, I never made economic remarks. I wanted to stick strictly to the ethical and legal implications. There are differing laws in “Right to Work” states in the U.S. and “At Will” states, and the differences are very significant.

But since the pot has been stirred, unions have made many concessions, unlike corporate CEO’s and the other white collars, who still milk companies for millions of dollars/pounds/euros, etc. What can also be taken from your statement is that you also blame the firefighters and law enforcement personnel, a good deal of whom are also unionized, for our downturn. Please be careful of what and how you say what you say. You offered no proof to back up your statement. Please feel free to look at the Caterpillar (and more recently GM, Chrysler, and Ford) contracts from recent years to really see just how much union members have sacrificed. Also take note of how little the American worker has in time off and pay compared to other workers in other developed countries around the world, and make another attempt at your argument.

It may be different if it’s a shared computer.

My 2 cents

I agree with your decision Bryce, not to bypass the log in. In California all assets obtained during the marriage are community property and the wife would posses equal ownership if it was a personal machine, and not one provided by his employer. That said, why get involved in a spousal dispute? It could end up with you getting sued especially if your laws are different than ours in California.

It has been my understanding that Unions are supposed to protect workers rights. Does this include non productive workers? The business owner suspected his employee was not doing his work. So he enlisted Anon to see what this individual was doing on the laptop, since there was an issue with them being non productive. I personally think the business owner was perfectly within his rights to monitor his employee’s computing habits on his company property.

I recently, like 2 days ago had a new client ask me for the same kind of information. Apparently, her grown nephew was looking at porn on her computer. She wanted proof. Like Anon, I was able to provide dates and time stamps. Now I have to lock the PC down with both a Bios password and an admin password. Do I feel bad? I felt sorry for the guy and his inability to use the one and only computer in the house, but hey, the owner enlisted me to do a job on HER computer. Its no different than a car. Even in business. You can use it as long as you 1. Follow the rules, and 2. use good judgment. Misuse of a thing that doesn’t belong to you (or even is some cases that does belong to you)can lead to consequences. Adults understand this.