Getting fired, am I facing legal issues?

[DUMPED 10+ year member]

Not to say you want to go through the legal system, but No personal stuff on the internet could mean no facebook/myspace on their company issued computers. Doesn't necessarily imply no laptops. You are in a somewhat good position. Not because you can get fired, but because if you do and this stuff wasn't clearly written down somewhere that you could access, you would easily win the case.

OP is on company time... he is at work not at home..

he is being paid to be "working" not surfing the net or anything other than WORK during his hours on the job.

last time I checked an employer doesnt need to specify that...FYI...

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

yes he can.

reset the router (unlpug/plug back in) and it will reissue all IP addresses...

if your laptop was connected today, or since the last time the router was rebooted (or released IP's) they can see it

as far as PC anywhere, they can t use i tto access your lappy, just the Work PC

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

if he PCanywheres into your comp, then logs into the router he can see some activity.

some routers have transmission rates/amounts, and some dont.

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

Alright, just got an email from the computer guy...wants me to start up pcanywhere, we use it for remote access. Can he get any info off the router or network by remoting in to our computer??

Yes.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

I don't get why he would need your PC to get to the router, he hits the router before he hits your PC.

that router is likely behind another, and a webserver and another router.

thats why

he probably cant get to it externally...

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

its possible that the company sold out.../

 

[wgsj_fortvalley 10+ year member]

Yea U Can Format But The Feds Have A Program That Can Read What Was On The Hdd So Basically Formating Does No Good.

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Unless they have logfiles, they can't do sht. If they had had logfiles, you'd already be gone. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Go unplug the wireless for a bit theough, make sure there is nothing being saved in memory.

Do as someone else said. Deny deny deny. The onus is on them to prove it.

Say you sold the laptop on craigslist a while ago to fuel your slimjim habit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

honestly, telling them you sold the laptop is the best idea yet.

 

[greendragonslim 10+ year member]

just don't bring you laptop to work. If it's your personally property, they can't search it anyways...It'd be a different story if it was your companies property.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

ever think the boss did something on the computer that was a tad worse than what you did?

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Yea U Can Format But The Feds Have A Program That Can Read What Was On The Hdd So Basically Formating Does No Good.

Yeah but this isn't an issue of national security. They won't get involved.

Even data places have an extremely hard time (re: expensive) of getting any data off a hd after just one reinstall. Find you a decent disk destrying program and have it make a couple of passes if your that worried. Problem solved.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

I think you're just overreacting.

 

[bw_audio 10+ year member]

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[littlepucker]

Alright heres how you should cover your ***.

1) Hard reset the router to factory defualt.

2) Leave the network with no password - they cannot tell if it had one before.

Unless someone ratted you they have no way of knowing what you were doing unless they are computer hacker ceo badasses.

YOUR ISP KEEPS ALLL THAT CONFIDENTIAL. They even wont release your name until the third offense of downloading bad stuff.

Either your boss or the temp ratted you they have no way of knowing especially after you delete the fingerprints left in the packets in the router.

Last and final option as someone said before is definitly a loaded weapon. Preferably full automatic.