When I went to log into my work computer this afternoon, after it had gone into screen-saver mode, I got the following message:
Unable to initialize Robocopy.
Frankly, I find this sort of thing disturbing. Not only am I having trouble believing that anything I have would interest anyone enough to install software to copy it, but I find the implication that it would require a “robo” entity to do it . . . disturbing. Which I said already.
Is this the usual fed-gov-spying-on-you sort of thing, which would be ok because we know they do it (Come on! You do!), or is this an indication of a more personal sort of nefarious snooping on the part of an individual?
I suspect this is something that makes network backups. And, yes, Mukade, I would never use my work computer for anything I wouldn’t want the entire FBI, CIA, and combined powers of foreign governments to see . . .
Our computer support people can pop into your computer quite easily. And they do.
I doubt the CIA have much interest in you, unless you work for them.
It is more a question of protecting a network from the outside.
When I was a network manager I was quite lenient regarding personal use, but some people abused my trust and I had to lock it down. The guys in the fantasy football league were very unhappy when I removed the floppy drives from all PCs. There was a lot of money riding on the league.
I can be more sure using an open source OS (I use Linux).
BTW, I usually have over 1,000 unsuccessful login attempts daily, but none that I can trace back to the FBI, CIA, or combined powers of foreign governments.
All I have bothered to trace seem to be hacking attempts for spam.
