Comments for Can my work track what I do on my home computer via a remote connection?

Comment from chris on 2009-07-12

2009-07-13T01:52:24Z

how do I stop my computer from being track by anyone and how do I know when they are doing it at all

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Comment from Matt Taylor on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T19:09:31Z

What it really boils down to is does your company have a policy in place that restricts this kind of "idle" screwing around, and what the penalties are and did you sign the piece of paper agreeing not to utilize company assets for personal gain etc. If you cannot justify acessing your home computer and the above is true, it doesn't matter whether they can track you, they just have to prove you used work equipment for "joysurfing" (for lack of a better term) and that makes you liable for the consequences of the action. They don't have to know what you did specifically, they just have to be able to show you were somewhere, doing something that you agreed not to.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-10-29

2007-10-29T21:12:25Z

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"Isn't the question about whether the HOME computer can be watched rather than
the work computer?"

Yes, of course. But to access the home computer you're doing it THROUGH a work
computer. The article describes how by monitoring what happens on the work
computer you can monitor what you're doing on your home computer.

Leo

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Comment from Tek on 2007-10-29

2007-10-29T09:04:12Z

Quote: "Can they track what I do on my ***home*** computer"

Isn't the question about whether the HOME computer can be watched rather than the work computer?

Answer:
It is unlikely that your computer could be tracked from your workplace if you connect via Remote Desktop. However, there are some ways that your workplace could track it...

1) In the remote desktop client there is a way to let your own drives appear on the remote computer as network drives (under the advanced tab). If you do this, someone near the computer could possibly look through your drive.

2) When you connect, it is possible for your IP address to be tracked back to you (e.g. via packet sniffing as mentioned above). Although this would not allow anyone to read the packets (due to encryption), it could allow them to exploit a vulnerability on your computer. This shouldn't be a problem as long as you have a decent firewall...

There may be other possibilities but I now have to go...

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