I was recently reading a thread on this forum, and comments made by a moderator concerned me.
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/showthread.php?t=4620&highlight=breaking+news"
Apparently the moderators have access to our IP address (not a problem as we need to be able to take care of problem posters), but the background research into where we work, post from and associate with is what bothers me. What or who is going to stop the moderators from contacting the company/university/or place of internet usage just because they disagree with what was posted?
We all know that during downtimes at work, we surf the internet and take a few moments out of our day to read forums. If we post something "controversial" and a moderator doesn't like it, all they have to do is look up our IP addey and find out where we are posting from. They can then in turn do a little research and contact employers causing headaches for the employee for something as meaningless as a post.
FYI: My previous employer linked SIW forums and other security/loss prevention forums on the company intranet and they didn't have a problem with us browsing or posting, yet my former employer was still contacted by one of the sites claiming I was misrepresenting the company.
Since I no longer work retail it doesn't really concern me, but for the guy working security overnight for Allied Barton, he may get canned because he was bored and browsed this site. What is being done to make sure this issue doesn't get out of hand?
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/showthread.php?t=4620&highlight=breaking+news"
Apparently the moderators have access to our IP address (not a problem as we need to be able to take care of problem posters), but the background research into where we work, post from and associate with is what bothers me. What or who is going to stop the moderators from contacting the company/university/or place of internet usage just because they disagree with what was posted?
We all know that during downtimes at work, we surf the internet and take a few moments out of our day to read forums. If we post something "controversial" and a moderator doesn't like it, all they have to do is look up our IP addey and find out where we are posting from. They can then in turn do a little research and contact employers causing headaches for the employee for something as meaningless as a post.
FYI: My previous employer linked SIW forums and other security/loss prevention forums on the company intranet and they didn't have a problem with us browsing or posting, yet my former employer was still contacted by one of the sites claiming I was misrepresenting the company.
Since I no longer work retail it doesn't really concern me, but for the guy working security overnight for Allied Barton, he may get canned because he was bored and browsed this site. What is being done to make sure this issue doesn't get out of hand?
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