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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]dgibby
(9,474 posts)When I was in the Navy, the command had the ability to monitor everything we did on our workspace computers, and we knew that. No problem, right?
Well, seems a senior enlisted man (Chief), left his terminal open when he left his desk for a few minutes. Another Chief, a far right religious zealot, used this open terminal to spam the entire command with his take on the old repent and be saved come to Jesus moment.
Needless to say, the CO was NOT amused when he got his invitation to repent, so he had IT check to see who had sent it. Unfortunately, the wrong Chief was charged, the Chief that had sent the message didn't have the intestinal fortitude to admit that he was the sender.
Had it not been for someone who just happened to witness the guilty party at the other person's terminal, the wrong Chief would have had his career ended for something he didn't do. As it was, he was given a letter of reprimand for failing to secure his terminal. The guilty party ended up getting a psych eval and an invitation(that he couldn't refuse) to retire.
After serving in the military for 22 years, I am well acquainted with what the government can do with your info, and while my hair has never been on fire, it has, on occasion, stood on end.