IP: for those who like computerized surveillance of themselves ...

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 11:46:21 -0800
To: farber@cis.upenn.edu (Dave Farber)
From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com>
Subject: for those who like computerized surveillance of themselves ...


Big Brother is operational in the private sector!


The net-censoring SurfWatch, that once pretended to only protect your kids
against discussions of breast cancer research, non-majority lifestyle
alternatives and other "pornography" now does much more.  It offers
monitoring of ALL of how adults use their net connections at WORK -- and
reports ALL of those activities to the boss.


According to their proud news release, excerpted below.


--jim-who's-thankfully-self-employed; jwarren@well.com
Jim Warren, sometime columnist, political irritant, hedonist wannabe
345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062






>Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 08:45:38 -0700
>From: Jasmin Araneta <jaraneta@surfwatch.com>
>Subject: 24+% of Employee Time Online is Non-Work Related
>
>
>Press Release
>
>CONTACTS:
>Theresa Marcroft, SurfWatch Software:
>	Telephone: 650.917.2247, e-mail: tmarcroft@surfwatch.com
>Bryant Hilton, The Dittus Group:
>	Telephone: 202.298.9055, e-mail: bryanth@dittusgroup.com
>
>
>Over 24 percent of Employee Time Online is Non-Work Related
>
>New Results from SurfWatch's Free CheckNet Program Show
>Internet Content Management Can Prevent Drains on Company Resources
>
>Los Altos, Calif., -- Tuesday, August 11, 1998 - SurfWatch Software, a
>division of Spyglass Inc. (NASDAQ: SPYG), today announced the latest
>results from CheckNet, a free and confidential program that allows
>companies to assess the appropriateness of Internet use in the
>workplace.  The latest findings were based on data gathered in May, June
>and July:  24.45 percent of participating companies' employees' time
>online was not work related, up significantly from 18 percent in April.
>The top five categories accounting for the largest portions of the
>non-work surfing were:
>
>General News		5.48 percent
>Sexually Explicit		3.61 percent
>Investment			3.01 percent
>Entertainment		2.24 percent
>Sports				1.87 percent
>
>SurfWatch launched CheckNet in March, 1998, to help companies determine
>how employees are using Internet access.  ...  [deleted more self-inflatery]