As for legal advice - lawyers we isn’t. So this is just speculation and our experiences. You know how we get down and obviously if you are worried consult a qualified attorney. Happy uncle Saul???
We FEEL that as the company (the man) who owns the PC and the bandwidth (resources) you SHOULD be able to monitor your employees (the slaves) to protect the integrity of your network. How else could you tell the difference between someone downloading kiddie porn and power point documents?
Different states and countries have different laws and statutes for this. Now if you send out an official memo and required your employees to sign it stating that they are aware and agree to the company’s monitoring policy or not use it at all (get fired or quit), you SHOULD be covered.
You need a service or an app on every machine you want to spy on and a console to access it from. We have tried big brother, dame ware, and vnc among others (Timbuktu on the Mac). It depends on how stealth you want to be, the size of the footprint, and what you want to do once you are connected.
Do you want to use their web cam to see them? Or how about just see their screen or IM windows?
Sparked your interest yet young Admin? Remember you can use your knowledge for good or for the dark side... Cue music...
Running AD? Are you a domain Admin or have the local machines root password (Admin access)?
If not chances are you are just looking to stalk you ex-girlfriend. While we have no qualms about that… This just ain't the place son…
Maybe a little later if you guys express some interest.
Queue up your Admin console on your server or desktop connect and you are golden. Remember fear is a weakness of the dark side young Admin.
