nickie on 2/5/2006 at 07:41
Clarity as always from beloved leaders
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that both employers and employees will now be taxed if they use office computers for personal reasons, such as surfing the web or sending e-mails to friends, unless their personal use is “not significant".
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Treasury sources suggested that the rules would not apply to computers required for office work, even if employees used them extensively for non-work purposes.
I think I'm missing something here.
scumble on 2/5/2006 at 08:41
It's possible it could be an excuse to monitor network traffic in an indirect way - getting private companies to do all the work in tracking internet use.
OrbWeaver on 2/5/2006 at 17:51
I'm pretty sure my company cannot log individual net use, as you can just bring in your work laptop, plugin a network cable (or use wireless) and start browsing. There is no authentication stage, or any way that I can see that an individual IP address can be tied to a physical user.
Mr.Duck on 3/5/2006 at 01:29
Only if my board's bitchin' and the waves are kickin'.
