For those of you on MFP while at work....

Charlie001
Charlie001 Posts: 354
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
Please delete all history including cookies at the end of the day. No need for your supervisors to know what your up to. :drinker:
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  • JoyousRen
    JoyousRen Posts: 3,823 Member
    You said cookie. :angry:
  • MissTomGettingThin
    MissTomGettingThin Posts: 776 Member
    LOL
    Sorry,SerenitytoAccept made me laugh.
  • lisa_lotte
    lisa_lotte Posts: 216
    You said cookie. :angry:

    HaHA!!!!! This actually just made me laugh out loud!! :laugh:
  • angelmuss
    angelmuss Posts: 45
    dumb question....how do I do that! ??
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    Good reminder. Most days I remember to delete everything.
  • getNskinny2day
    getNskinny2day Posts: 74
    You said cookie. :angry:

    Hehehehe, very clever and very funny :laugh:
  • jewelzz
    jewelzz Posts: 326 Member
    HAHA!!! I was just thinking the same thing!!!:laugh:
  • hummzz
    hummzz Posts: 385 Member
    I don't think my boss even knows how to check the history! LOL...That was funny...Delete the "Cookies" LOL...
  • ladybug91254
    ladybug91254 Posts: 232 Member
    I'm lucky...I have a great boss and he doesn't mind as long as we get in/out quickly and do my job.
  • fuhrmeister
    fuhrmeister Posts: 1,796 Member
    Good Idea!
  • jsecret
    jsecret Posts: 606 Member
    Please delete all history including cookies at the end of the day. No need for your supervisors to know what your up to. :drinker:

    *you're
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    I don't have to worry about deleting my browsing history or cookies. Our internet access in work is so restricted it is ridiculous. The Microsost Office Update Site is restricted (that will tell you how restricted our internet access is).

    I always use my iPhone to browse the 'net when I'm killing a few minutes in work. It's also a lot easier to just put my phone face down on the desk if my boss walks in than trying to close the web browser on my computer :laugh:
  • qtwells82
    qtwells82 Posts: 352
    My boss isnt that smart :laugh:
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    my boss doesn't care...I have my settings set to delete history and all passwords when the computer is turned off anyways. But yeah, as long as my work is done, and I do what I'm told in a timely manner, he told me I could bring in a book if I wanted to...but instead I download the PDF's lol
  • DangerRanger
    DangerRanger Posts: 327 Member
    you can delete your cookies & history but you're still going to leave a trail or some type of history. i wouldn't even worry about it. if you get fired for being on mfp, you probably was going to get fired anyway.
  • Charlie001
    Charlie001 Posts: 354
    I have google chrome. its all gone. Sure a thourough investigation will show something, but periferally, nothing. So no reason to investigate.
  • qtwells82
    qtwells82 Posts: 352
    you can delete your cookies & history but you're still going to leave a trail or some type of history. i wouldn't even worry about it. if you get fired for being on mfp, you probably was going to get fired anyway.

    Yeah i agree with this...

    Plus i have seen what my boss has been looking at on the internet:blushing: :noway:
    I have seen some cookies on his computer screen :laugh:
  • mikeveggie68
    mikeveggie68 Posts: 116
    as long as your on MFP that's "my fitness pal" and not "my freaky porn" your job should be safe.
  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    how do you delete it??
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    when your internet browser is open, go the the right hand side where it says tools, click on "Internet Options" at the bottom, and half way down that grey tab it will say delete history, etc...
  • portlandsundevil
    portlandsundevil Posts: 213 Member
    as long as your on MFP that's "my fitness pal" and not "my freaky porn" your job should be safe.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    Geek passing through...you can clear your cache, but the dreaded index.dat file knows all.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index.dat
  • portlandsundevil
    portlandsundevil Posts: 213 Member
    Geek passing through...you can clear your cache, but the dreaded index.dat file knows all.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index.dat

    Can you get rid of that? Just curious.
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    Personally I use CCleaner. Great program.

    http://www.piriform.com/

    I even use it at work, but that is the benefit of being a geek....getting around certain rules.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    Geek passing through...you can clear your cache, but the dreaded index.dat file knows all.

    There is nothing wrong with being a geek...I get called that all the time...I bet ginny thinks it's sexy :love:
  • johaleesi
    johaleesi Posts: 55 Member
    I don't have to worry about deleting my browsing history or cookies. Our internet access in work is so restricted it is ridiculous. The Microsost Office Update Site is restricted (that will tell you how restricted our internet access is).

    I always use my iPhone to browse the 'net when I'm killing a few minutes in work. It's also a lot easier to just put my phone face down on the desk if my boss walks in than trying to close the web browser on my computer :laugh:

    I do the same thing. This is why I'm hoping MFP will add capability to browse the forums from the iphone app.
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    sadly, as a Senior IT guy, and the manager of an IT environment, I can tell you first hand, if you're browsing to MFP when you shouldn't be, and you have an IT department, they probably already know you're visiting the site, and how long each day you're logged in.

    On the up side, if they do have this information, and they haven't either blocked the site at your firewall or specifically mentioned it to you, they probably don't care as it's not porn or gambling. Then again, they may just be logging it for one big crack down.

    Now, there ARE ways around this particular issue. Proxies won't do it, any IT admin worth their salt will spot a proxy a mile away and kill it or yell at you for it. But you can do something like I do and RDP (remote desktop) to your home computer and browse from there. If you're internet connection's even reasonably fast, you should have next to zero lag. Course you need to know how to poke a hole in your home firewall to allow this, and you should probably set up some encryption at home so it requires more than just a username and password to log in, but those are different issues, which won't get you fired, it would just get your computer hacked eventually.
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    oh and FYI, index.dat is a Internet Explorer thing. If you use Chrome (my personal choice) or Firefox, you don't have this. Also if you use Chrome or something other than "the big two (firefox and IE)" then any website monitoring software that your IT department uses to track your web browsing probably won't work very well, it may, but it may not, just an fyi.

    Plus chrome is like 10 times faster than Internet Explorer.
  • Charlie001
    Charlie001 Posts: 354
    I use chrome. Purge a few times a day.
  • pgp_protector
    pgp_protector Posts: 207
    I use chrome. Purge a few times a day.

    If you're using chrome, just use an incognito window, close it & you're clean, Except for most corporate firewalls will log every address you visit, heck even most home firewalls will keep log of all sites you visit.

    If you really don't want to be snooped upon, don't use company equipment to surf. MFP has an iPhone & Android app for data entry, and you can view the site comfortably on most tablet devices(Though you'll have to use something other than your companies WiFi to view if you don't want it logged)
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