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Old Oct 9th, 2006, 10:53 AM   #6
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One reason, aside from destruction, is to monitor the actions of the user without the user's knowledge. One can argue the underlying morality of that from now until the cows come home, same as religion or politics. It's my machine and my employee, and the employee is drawing a paycheck from my funds? Of course I have the right. Personally, I prefer to think that I can judge the employee by other, more social, means and not hire a cheat in the first place. On the other hand, maybe I SHOULD put a video cam in the women's restroom. You never know what those beaches are gonna get up to in there.
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