Rob, As is the case with most of us, IANAL. However, based upon this web page http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs7-work.htm, it seems that a private sector employee (not in the State of California) is subject to monitoring. This is mostly due to the company owning the computer and network, ergo they can choose to do what they wish with their property. Your signature denotes you work for the public sector (ODE) and therefore have more rights as the State of Oregon is bound to the U.S. Constitution (4th ammendment, unlawful search and seisure) since the computer and network "technically" belong to the people. I hope this helps. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Rob Magee [mailto:robmagee100@private] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:36 AM To: crime@private Subject: CRIME Surreptitious software Yesterday, the network team botched a silent install of Resource Monitor (resourcemonitor.com) on my computer when I logged in. I noticed it when I had to reboot after the install conflicted with MS's handwriting and speech module for Office and crashed. This software is aimed at monitoring staff application use, but goes a step further by adding screenshot capture and keylogging. My question is, is it legal to have silently installed keylogging software, even though that feature may not be enabled? My understanding is that keylogging is the digital equivalent of wiretapping, but I need some clarification. Thanks all. You can respond to me at: Rob Magee Outreach Helpdesk Team Oregon Department of Education (503) 378-3600 ext. 4495 robmagee100@private <mailto:robmagee100@private>
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