I have to use IE7 at work and I always have problems with memory leaks, HTML5 sites, and just all around crapiness from IE7. I would like to install Firefox on a flash drive and use it at work. Is this something the network guys will be able to detect and trace back to me? Also, I was warned about redundancy but it was not explained, any ideas?
Thanks
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Everything you do on the network is trackable. Unless you tunnel the traffic through an outside machine which would raise red flags in any properly monitored corporate network. You could use Firefox and set the useragent to IE, but is it worth risking your job for? The best option is to work with IT especially if you need to, for instance, test your work on multiple browsers. You could possibly get an exception allowing you to use the portable version of Firefox.
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Yeah...that's pretty much what I thought. No, it definitely is not worth risking my job over. It's just very frustrating but nothing is work-related so they aren't going to do anything about it. Thanks for the info!
Wait, using an alternative web browser is a bit different than attempting to establish a "tunnel".
I'd ask whoever is in change. It would be a bit surprising to me if he/she would not allow simply running Firefox Portable off a USB.
Most larger corporations will not let you run any non-approved software.
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I know someone who works in the public sector who needed to use a laptop but didn't have one of his own. They let him borrow one from work and bring it home. The laptop uses XP, and employees are only allowed to use the standard account that's set up, not the admin accounts. I had a look at this thing to help him set it up, and believe me, people had downloaded the most ridiculous stuff onto the public account that you'd be shocked your tax dollars pay for. Still sitting there on the hard drive.
By contrast, a harmless install of Portable Firefox (which I set up with a couple security addons, like HTTPS Everywhere and Adblock Plus) was really no biggie compared to what else was there. Some idiot had installed a nude wallpaper of Jenna Jameson if you can believe that. I had to reset it back to XP's default because he was bringing this PC to an office seminar to take notes.
Talk about "bliss," I guess...
EDIT: Further irony awaits. It was an office seminar on sexual harassment. No way I was going to let this poor guy (who is in his 60s and barely knows how to turn the thing on) go in looking like a fool (and maybe get fired) with THAT on his screen.