Comments on: Don't post naked photos of yourself. From work. Duh. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dale http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-39960 Dale Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:28:50 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-39960 Penny, The lines between work and personal life are blurring at such a rate that it is not surprising to me that people will use work resources as if they are at home. I for instance am writing you from work. I spend most of my waking life here. It is the same for many, many people. In my humble opinion, I think that some folks get lulled into a sense of dangerous complacency much as animal trainers do with their animals, or drivers, etc. We are the worst judges of our weaknesses or faults. If you are around something too long without incident, you begin to take it for granted that it is safer than it really is. Penny,

The lines between work and personal life are blurring at such a rate that it is not surprising to me that people will use work resources as if they are at home. I for instance am writing you from work. I spend most of my waking life here. It is the same for many, many people. In my humble opinion, I think that some folks get lulled into a sense of dangerous complacency much as animal trainers do with their animals, or drivers, etc. We are the worst judges of our weaknesses or faults.
If you are around something too long without incident, you begin to take it for granted that it is safer than it really is.

]]> By: Mysterious Traveler http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-1002 Mysterious Traveler Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:19:02 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-1002 Your post is one of the most insightful I've ready on the Fortuny flap. At a time when major financial, health care, and communications companies repeatedly lose control of the "personal information" we give them, and most states have no laws against pretexting to obtain someone's personal information, anyone who answers a Craig's List ad using their work email address has to be utterly oblivious to both risk and reality. (On the other hand, so does Jason Fortuny; the digital lynch mob seems to be forming.) As it happens, one of the "respondents" to Fortuny's Craig's List post is an old friend of mine. So I am watching this scandal with particular fascination. But, hey, if Clinton survived the Lewinsky affair in front of the entire nation, these guys'll survive a few minutes of embarrassment with Fortuny. Your post is one of the most insightful I've ready on the Fortuny flap. At a time when major financial, health care, and communications companies repeatedly lose control of the "personal information" we give them, and most states have no laws against pretexting to obtain someone's personal information, anyone who answers a Craig's List ad using their work email address has to be utterly oblivious to both risk and reality. (On the other hand, so does Jason Fortuny; the digital lynch mob seems to be forming.)

As it happens, one of the "respondents" to Fortuny's Craig's List post is an old friend of mine. So I am watching this scandal with particular fascination. But, hey, if Clinton survived the Lewinsky affair in front of the entire nation, these guys'll survive a few minutes of embarrassment with Fortuny.

]]> By: Anton Chuvakin http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-1001 Anton Chuvakin Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:03:55 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-1001 "I *immediately* recognized my problem as unconcsious need to fail." He-he, surely you've been reading waaaay to much Dr Freud lately, haven't you? :-) "I *immediately* recognized my problem as unconcsious need to fail."

He-he, surely you've been reading waaaay to much Dr Freud lately, haven't you? :-)

]]> By: Wendy http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-1000 Wendy Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:59:51 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/09/dont-post-naked-photos-of-yourself-from-work-duh/#comment-1000 I've noticed that many business professionals, adults --especially babyboomers and older generation x who might be less computer literate--use their work e-mail address for everything. There's a lesson in your posting for this cadre: use your work e-mail address for work related things *only*. Get a personal e-mail account for all other messages you might send (to family, friends, or responding to personal ads). I've noticed that many business professionals, adults –especially babyboomers and older generation x who might be less computer literate–use their work e-mail address for everything.

There's a lesson in your posting for this cadre: use your work e-mail address for work related things *only*. Get a personal e-mail account for all other messages you might send (to family, friends, or responding to personal ads).

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