dold@XReXXDoesX.usenet.us.com wrote:
> In alt.internet.wireless Peter Pan <PeterPanNOSPAM@akamailnospam.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's an interesting philosophy.. Wonder who is legally liable for
>> what employees do on the VPN to their home computer.... Like if you
>> spam or spy from your home computer, while at work, by using a VPN
>> from your work computer.. who is gonna get pinched?
>
> That's the reverse of the VPN utilization that I think was being
> presented. An employee, using a company-provided laptop, is at home,
> connecting to the corporate VPN. He's worried that the company is
> going to snoop his personal home computer via the VPN that he is
> using.
>
>> Seems to me that whomever is liable, should be able to snoop or say
>> no you can't do that.... Interesting you assume that the person is a
>> good employee.. How do you know they aren't spamming or spying from
>> their home system, while at work via a vpn, and assuming they can
>> get away with anything illegal cuz the company is on the hook?
>
> I don't think I entertained the idea that the employee was or was not
> a good employee.
>
> If the company provides the laptop, they get to sniff whatever they
> want on that laptop. I think legal precedent has been established
> for that. They do not get free access to snoop the home computer.
>
> Spamming via the corporate network, regardless of where the employee
> is located at the time, is misuse of the corporate network. I don't
> see how you could expect that the "company is on the hook". The
> employee, logged in via a VPN server that keeps records of the
> logins, is hardly anonymous.

I was going by this
"I'm pretty sure when I do not VPN in from the work computer, they
can't "see" what I do on the home computer ..... but when I vpn in on
the work computer on the same network as the home computer .. .... can
they "see" what I do on the home computer?

That seemed like using the work computer to access the home computer....

However, Even if it was from home to work, I do still sort of wonder about
who gets pinched if an illegal activity occcurs... IE if you work from home,
and do something illegal, are you liable or is the company liabel?