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                           Why I Monitor
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Why do I feel companies should monitor their Internet traffic, but the
Government shouldn't monitor me and everyone else?

>  Salomon is a "computer-based" firm.
>
>  Any connections between Salomon's internal network and the outside world
>  exposes Salomon to a potential number of problems.
>
>  One of the largest data pipelines in and out of Salomon are its Internet
>  connections.
>
>  Therefore it is also a large security problem, which must be managed.
>
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>
>  The terminology "email monitoring" has a Big-Brother ring to it.
>
>  But monitor it we must - there is no choice.
>
>  It connects all of our inside systems to all of outside.
>
>  And it is the Internet ("public wire") traffic going in/out of Salomon
>  we are checking - not internal email.
>
>  The security rule for Internet traffic is "don't send anything you
>  wouldn't want to read about in tomorrow's newspaper".

I think it's pretty obvious why company traffic involving company systems
is monitored. After all, companies aren't democracies.

Finally, I should point out that all the people at both sites were told
repeatedly that Internet email was being monitored; this includes all
traffic picked up by my JobTalk analytic:

> Salomon site.
>  
> All sites start out with the employment contract stating unequivocally
> that the systems are the company's and are to be used only for work
> purposes. And that they are subject to inspection. You signed i