Homeland Security taps anti-snooping tool (will block content as well)

[Lori Price CLG]

Homeland Security taps anti-snooping tool

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a deal with content security provider Websense to protect its systems from spyware and other malicious code. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement division has 40,000 employees. Controls within the Websense product will now control the access of those ICE employees to any blocked Web sites or content deemed inappropriate, Websense said Tuesday in a statement.

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Lori Price

[LifeDuringWartime]

1. sounds like the symantec web security at school

any site that has too many dirty words, gets blocked. there is a main list of sites maintained by symantec that cannot be altered by the school, although the school can add sites at will.

so, if the software erroneously blocks an educational site, too bad. you have to use one of the *TWO* computers in the school that bypass the software.

i cant wait for college

[silverweb]

2. I really don't have a problem with this.

Employers have a right to protect their computer systems and control what access their employees have while on the job.

Quite frankly, I'm rather gratified to know that some federal employees, paid with our tax dollars, may be restricted from goofing off cruising non-work-related sites while on the clock.

Now if this Websense thing was used to control public access on personal computers in any way, shape, or form, that would be a horse of an entirely different color!

[rodeodance]

3. had a friend who taught at Beaver College in Penn--they changed

their name of the College last year--"beaver' was a dirty word.