I recently got assigned a laptop from the company I work for. While at home, I want to be able to use it for personal browsing, but my company has strict rules against this.
Specifically they dont allow:
-Use of other browser than IE
-Use of social networks, netflix, spotify, etc
-Installing any software on the laptop.
Since Im not required work from home, I think what I do in my free time shouldnt be bound to these rules.So Im wondering how I can bypass all these limitations.
can I use a usb with portable chrome on it and an extension with a fake user agent extension to bypass the first and third limitations?
Also, as long as I use my home wifi to navigate to my social networks, netflix, spotify, etc, theres no way for them to know I have visit these right? Since im not using their network, none of this activity will be logged?
I just wanted to share these ideas to make sure I am not making any wrong assumptions that could get me caught.
Thanks!
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PortableApps are not stealth.
There are still places where their use is recorded within Windows, such as the Windows recently run list, plus most firewall and antivirus software also record which programs are run on the system.
While these can't be directly monitored, anyone from IT who got their hands on your laptop would have the chance to know that these programs had been run.
As far as your IT departments specific blocks:
1) Depends on how they have locked the laptop down. If it is restricted from running anything off a removable drive, you would have to copy the PortableApps to the hard drive to work. If they have prevented the running of specific executables from anywhere on the system you are out of luck.
2) They can't really monitor your internet usage remotely, but they may have blacklisted particular websites. I am not sure how Chrome would deal with that since it does rely heavily on IE components.
3) I would assume they have set up a group policy to prevent this - if so you have very little chance of working around it. As I said above, PortableApps can be copied around once they are already installed, but it depends on how they block programs from running as to whether it is any use to you.
1. Buy your own laptop. Used ones are very inexpensive.
2. Tell the company you don't want to use their laptop at home.
3. Quit and work for a company that doesn't require laptop use.
4. Grow up.
Trying to find work after a company has fired you for insubordination is almost an impossible task.
Ed
Ed_P i see u have problem with reading so let me help you out even so english is not my native language seems u have bigger problem with it than me
javiwankenobi asks
how to Navigate *completely* anonymous using portable apps
he dont ask how to do so on his own laptop on which it would it have no purpose but in his work laptop which he cant use for his personal stuff
he ask
"can I use a usb with portable chrome on it and an extension with a fake user agent extension to bypass the first and third limitations?"
and here is ur answers let me help u out with them
1. Buy your own laptop. Used ones are very inexpensive.
HE DID NOT ASK SHOULD HE BUY NEW LAPTOP OR NOT
2. Tell the company you don't want to use their laptop at home.
HE DID NOT ASK WHAT HE SHOULD SAY TO HIS COMPANY
3. Quit and work for a company that doesn't require laptop use.
HE DID NOT ASK SHOULD HE STAY OR NO AT HIS COMPANY
4. Grow up.
WELL DID NOT SEE WHERE HE SAID HE WAS YOUNG OR ASK SHOULD HE ACT LIKE MATURE
i see here my friend u have not only problems with reading but also with answering the questions (u answer question that was not asked) and if u have such a big problems with it u should quit doing so cause u are not helping any 1 and ur personal opinion and will to express ur self its something no 1 here care about ok ?
i really hope that will help u become better person or at least stop being an ...... (well cant use that word here)
good luck
The first paragraphs were right. There is no way of having portable apps run totally stealth.
And even if he is not in the company network, they might find out what he did by checking firewall filters or temp files or the registry.
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
the company could have keylogger/recording software on the laptop. (if they are extremely paranoid, they could even have a physical keylogger tucked away inside somewhere?)
If they are very strict about using the laptop only for work, then I agree with Ed_P, don't use it - get your own and don't risk getting fired.
on the other hand, if javiwankenobi wants to live life on the edge .... maybe something like a Live Linux CD (or USB)? How hard is it to check a computer (laptop) to see if a Live Linux CD (OR USB) has been used on it?
a linux live cd/usb drive is the only solution that I can think of. Afaik its undetectable but it has to be allowed from the BIOS.
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
>Specifically they dont allow:
-Use of other browser than IE
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland