Reply to post: Re: Seems legit

This must be some kind of mistake. IT managers axed, CEO and others' wallets lightened in patient hack aftermath

Peter2 Silver badge

Re: Seems legit

I read that as in "why does an end user need full unfettered internet access"?

To which the answer is "they don't".

From there the question is how much restriction you do. Pretty much every firm in existence is running a small blacklist of sites end users shouldn't be accessing. (eg, porn sites etc) some other firms have a larger blacklist also containing sites that aren't work related but that people spend time on during working hours.

I don't think many firms identify specifically which websites employees need to do their jobs and block everything but those sites on the employers network though, if that was what you meant.

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