Charles Marcus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > I am very excited by the discussions for implementing shadowing capability > using X0rfbserver in LTSP, but had one question and one comment... > > Question: > Will it be very simple to 'reverse' the concept, so that someone (the Admin, > or someone in the 'Trainers' Group) could *push* their desktop out to multiple > workstations (or all of them) for Training purposes? > > A little 'Chat' window would come in quite handy too (for both regular > Shadowing, and Pushing). > > Comment: > As distasteful as it sounds, my boss has asked me about the possibility of > what I'll call 'Passive Shadowing', ie, shadowing someones workstation without > the ability to take it over, and *without them knowing it*, so he can see what > they are doing. > > The reason for this is, we have a big problem with people spending lots of > time 'playing' on the internet when they should be working, and the boss would > like to be able to look in on them from time to time. > > I don't like the idea much, but I do see a need for it in some cases. >
I see this as unethical and a violation of an individuals privacy and dignity. I would never work for a company that had such equipment. I do hope that such covert features never make it to mainstream open source code. ---Venkat. _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas - http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
