Comments on: <sigh> another blocked social site http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/10/sigh-another-blocked-social-site/ A law blog written by someone from IT or an IT blog written by someone who works for a law firm Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:34:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: krystan honour http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/10/sigh-another-blocked-social-site/comment-page-1/#comment-3589 krystan honour Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:20:12 +0000 http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/10/sigh-another-blocked-social-site/#comment-3589 All social networking is banned, twitter, facebook everything, anything that is instant messaging is also banned. Any webmail is banned but weirdly linkedin is acceptable. Reason quoted: several very large customers of ours see this as time wasting and a security risk and during their security audits of us as a service provider if we were found to allow these things they would withdraw their business - These are not small businesses or contracts. Personally i think its stupid. All social networking is banned, twitter, facebook everything, anything that is instant messaging is also banned.

Any webmail is banned but weirdly linkedin is acceptable.

Reason quoted: several very large customers of ours see this as time wasting and a security risk and during their security audits of us as a service provider if we were found to allow these things they would withdraw their business – These are not small businesses or contracts.

Personally i think its stupid.

]]> By: Doug Cornelius http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/10/sigh-another-blocked-social-site/comment-page-1/#comment-3584 Doug Cornelius Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:10:04 +0000 http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/10/sigh-another-blocked-social-site/#comment-3584 Unfortunately, I would guess that many of the companies blocking access to social media sites are doing so without any other policy or employee education. As you point out, we no longer need the companies internet connection to access these sites. I can do something stupid on my iPhone as easily as I could my work computer. There are lots of ways to waste time. I think most companies would want you to be wasting time while sitting at your desk, so that you can easily be reached when needed. Facebook will at least keep you sitting in your chair, as opposed to going to another floor to make a phone call. Unfortunately, I would guess that many of the companies blocking access to social media sites are doing so without any other policy or employee education. As you point out, we no longer need the companies internet connection to access these sites. I can do something stupid on my iPhone as easily as I could my work computer.

There are lots of ways to waste time. I think most companies would want you to be wasting time while sitting at your desk, so that you can easily be reached when needed. Facebook will at least keep you sitting in your chair, as opposed to going to another floor to make a phone call.

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