why do some businesses block websites?
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I understand blocking pornography and the like, but whats the point of blocking sites like youtube? I work in security, booking in and out deliveries so there is a lot of down time where there is not much to do, not to mention nights when there is NOTHING to do apart from the odd patrol. Obviously I am talking about after all paper work and your job's needs are met, what is the problem?
Mark-C said:
Lots of stuff blocked here and I don’t mind that - I’m at work after all.
PH and forums not blocked though
yes luckily ph is not blocked here, but a lot is. PH and forums not blocked though
simply because as you say no-one should be getting paid to watch netflix, youtube and see what facespace updates have happened.
just checked and netflix is open here, get in, oops did i say that out loud
WolfAir said:
I understand blocking pornography and the like, but whats the point of blocking sites like youtube? I work in security, booking in and out deliveries so there is a lot of down time where there is not much to do, not to mention nights when there is NOTHING to do apart from the odd patrol. Obviously I am talking about after all paper work and your job's needs are met, what is the problem?
I'm amazed that you have to ask.Hoofy said:
ReallyReallyGood said:
Think of it the other way, why *should* a business permit access to sites such as youtube. They do not add business value.
Depends on the business!i've watched youtube videos on how to do IT stuff as I can learn more in 10 minutes on there, than 3 hours reading a book sometimes. i learnt how to fit my new bathroom from there, it's only leaked once, and that was my fault as I never thought something through
i do know i said earlier in the thread that it is better blocked, but in fact here we have a policy on the filtering devices that allow you to use an id and password to get through, it then automatically lets the techs know that someone is on youtube.
ahh bandwidth, I never thought of that. I am not saying we should all be on youtube wasting time, I am saying during down time, when you have done all your work, you have nothing else to do and still have 5 hours until you clock off. I'm just security I don't have much responsibility apart from making sure no nutters try to have a go.
I'm glad PH isn't blocked
I'm glad PH isn't blocked
5 hours and nothing to do...
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses#
Not saying you don't like your job, or that you are not doing something valuable. But you could do an online education course in all sorts of things that interest you with that kind of time on your hands. And get paid to do it! It's harder for them to complain about you using the company internet for training in spare hours also.
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses#
Not saying you don't like your job, or that you are not doing something valuable. But you could do an online education course in all sorts of things that interest you with that kind of time on your hands. And get paid to do it! It's harder for them to complain about you using the company internet for training in spare hours also.
WolfAir said:
ahh bandwidth, I never thought of that. I am not saying we should all be on youtube wasting time, I am saying during down time, when you have done all your work, you have nothing else to do and still have 5 hours until you clock off. I'm just security I don't have much responsibility apart from making sure no nutters try to have a go.
I'm glad PH isn't blocked
Phone + Plex at home + 3/4G = sorted.I'm glad PH isn't blocked
We mostly block web sites to protect people from themselves. Only last week I had someone say "Can you allow me to see this site, it's a training video so it's legitimate" On checking, it was far from legitimate because the originator had let the domain expire and it had been bought by one of those advertising sites, it had loads of links on it claiming training videos of the sort that the person wanted to watch but none of which were safe. Luckily the checker blocks these things.
In terms of youtube and other social sites, a lot of checkers can allow periods of time (quota) and also allow certain categories of video, it's what we do. I allow people 1 hour per day of youtube, Facebook etc. The quota doesn't include educational videos or reading twitter posts etc because they can all be helpful but it does block entertainment and viral video. Sales and marketing have unrestricted access to social media though as it's part of the job, security department not so much
In terms of youtube and other social sites, a lot of checkers can allow periods of time (quota) and also allow certain categories of video, it's what we do. I allow people 1 hour per day of youtube, Facebook etc. The quota doesn't include educational videos or reading twitter posts etc because they can all be helpful but it does block entertainment and viral video. Sales and marketing have unrestricted access to social media though as it's part of the job, security department not so much
Used to work somewhere that blocked loads of websites. The lights in the toilets were on a timer which meant they went off after 2mins too, hardly long enough to take a st. There was a torch on my desk when I started from the previous employee who used it, I soon learned why.
Didn't stay for long.
Also, they were so inept that they had only blocked the websites on port 80 - since all the blocked websites were available via https it was piss easy to get around. However no one had figured that one out...
Didn't stay for long.
Also, they were so inept that they had only blocked the websites on port 80 - since all the blocked websites were available via https it was piss easy to get around. However no one had figured that one out...
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