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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but there is a board on a Plastic surgeons
website that i like to go on. It is his forum so I am curious can he read the private messages
the posters send to one another?
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Depends on the software but I seriously doubt a Mod could read it but perhaps the Administrator could.
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Oops I meant the administrator, seems odd that a surgeon would allow a board where his patients could all talk to eachother. I love that but seems to me like a Doctor would not love that.
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I'm an administrator on a PHP board and I cannot read anyone's PMs. I don't have access to that function or where they are 'housed'. The board I administer is free and on someone else's server, so I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Maybe if you hosted a board on your own server, you may have more access. I'm not sure.
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I doubt it. I don't think message boards come with that kind of ability for the admin to do. One would probably have to pay a lot of $$ for that function. If in doubt, just give the person your e-mail but then the person has your e-mail addy.
You need the password to look at someone's account and admins DON'T have people's passwords.
I've been having problems with computer since May. I'm on a loaner now and still waiting for a new one. If I don't get back to you or am not on board, it would be most likely due to another computer problem.
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How about in this case:
Can someone who manages a company's website (i.e. the server) have access to people's passwords to their email accounts?
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I'm not really tech savvy in that regard (or tech savvy in most regards when it comes to operating systems--just a writer here--). But I think it is possible for some companies that set up elaborate systems to watch consumer marketing behavior (like networking) might be able to look at PMs. However, it's unlikely that they could gain access to your e-mail password.
I've been having problems with computer since May. I'm on a loaner now and still waiting for a new one. If I don't get back to you or am not on board, it would be most likely due to another computer problem.
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Depends on the email client. Not that I know of on Exchange (MS Outlook). An admin can reset passwords, but they don't have access to your in-box without your password. Well, theoretically they could reset your password to whatever they wanted and then get into your email, but then when you tried to go into it you would not be able to get in without the new PW and you have to get that from the admin. Come to think of it, someone at our company left in January and the IT guy gave me rights to access to her mail box, it's just a new in-box for me that I can access, further down my list of folders. I use my password to get into my email, then I can see her in-box. Hmmm.. I never admin'd an Exchange server so not totally familiar with how they work. I do know that whenever I've forgotten to turn on my out of office, I just call my IT guy and he uses my password (that I give to him) to set my out of office for me. On a Lotus Notes email server (when I was an IT manager a few years ago), I was simply able to give my self 'rights' to their email and see whatever I wanted without a password. HTH
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Thanks Miss J and DCNGA, seems like we're not 100% safe then. One of my colleagues just had her email password reset for no reason & without warning...which makes me a tad concerned.
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Get a gmail account. Never use work email for ANYTHING personal or talking about 'office' stuff. When you leave the company, if you have warning, delete EVERYTHING including your 'sent' stuff. Big Brother is everywhere. I used to have to give rights to all of the managers to all of their staff's email and I could not tell anyone. I hated doing that. Management could read everyone's email without them knowing it. I was even required to use software to track web surfing and do reports on the sites people visited and how long they were on the Internet. It felt awful and I felt like a traitor, but it was my job. Ugh. Glad I'm out of that now.
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Thanks for the tip off DCNGA!! Gees that is scary indeed, but good to know & be aware of. DCNGA wrote:Get a gmail account. Never use work email for ANYTHING personal or talking about 'office' stuff. When you leave the company, if you have warning, delete EVERYTHING including your 'sent' stuff. Big Brother is everywhere. I used to have to give rights to all of the managers to all of their staff's email and I could not tell anyone. I hated doing that. Management could read everyone's email without them knowing it. I was even required to use software to track web surfing and do reports on the sites people visited and how long they were on the Internet. It felt awful and I felt like a traitor, but it was my job. Ugh. Glad I'm out of that now.
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So, that's if you work for a company and you use their computers to surf the net and e-mail people. Ya, the company can look at stuff.
I've been having problems with computer since May. I'm on a loaner now and still waiting for a new one. If I don't get back to you or am not on board, it would be most likely due to another computer problem.
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They can actually see EVERYTHING on the computer you use too, if they have permissions set up to do so. They can see your entire hard drive content. Also, with email, the email is resident on the server so they can see that regardless of you using a company computer or not. The days of privacy are gone, at home or work. Heck, google mail/hotmail/aol/whatever is vulnerable too but to hackers instead of your boss.
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A company can read someones PERSONAL computer??? That's outrageous.
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Yep, they sure can. As long as the computer is connected to the company network is some manner (VPN, logged onto company network/domain) and they have set up the permissions on each 'box' (pc, laptop, etc), then they can remote into the machine and see everything. They can even watch your desktop as you work without you fully realizing it. The PCs belong to them, so they can do what they want, with or without your permission. Scary stuff, eh?
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So if someone does not connect their home computer to their company network, the company can't look at it though right? If I worked in an office (which I don't), I would NEVER allow my personal computer to be used for company stuff if it required such a hook up for them to see.
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This mostly applies to company owned PC's and laptops. Those are the only ones the company would have access to for setting the proper permissions to 'peep' at your hard drive. But, true, never give your personal PC/laptop over to be set up to connect to a company network unless you tell them they are not 'allowed' to set permissions on it to remote into it. When I first started my current job I brought in my personal laptop to have them put Outlook on it, as I had a PC at work (not laptop) and wanted to use my personal laptop at home to connect to my Outlook (email) client. The IT guy said he said he would have to 'join' my laptop to the domain (network) and set permissions and then install the Outlook client. After discussing it with him, I told him to forget it and I would not use my personal laptop for work purposes. I do know how to turn the permissions off temporarily (but once restarted it resets the permissions). Big Brother is BIG these days.
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OH, ok, well one certainly would not want to set any permissions for them to look at one's personal computer. I guess if the company wants one to work from home, THEY should supply the SEPARATE lap top for that.
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