How to Protect Yourself from Workplace Monitoring

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Cover your clacks.

   If you suspect the man is logging your every keystroke, install Spyware Doctor
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   It'll expose Any program running silently in the background while you work. (Note: you may need an admin password to install the app.
   
   If your IT department refuses to help, try bribing them with a spool of blank DVDs.)
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   Step 2: Surf undercover.

   Prevent your boss from tracking your daily URL crawl with a Web-based program like The Cloak, which masks the addresses of sites you visit by redirecting your browsing through its domain. , Don't use your work email for anything other than, well, work.
   
   If you want to send private messages over your employer's servers, set up an encrypted email account with a provider like Hushmail. , With an admin password, you can download an encrypted service like PSST or a program like Encrypted Messenger, which encodes most IM clients.
   
   The quick and dirty way: open an AOL IM account and use the Web-based chat service.
   
   With all the Web activity at work, the chance that anyone will notice your texting is small. , Still spooked? Check out the Electronic Privacy Information Center's guide to cloaking tools.
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   Step 3: Change up your email.

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   Step 4: IM on the DL.

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   Step 5: Get peace of mind.

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