I agree that changing one's computer is not the ISP or even the Corp IT departments job, and could compromise valuable work and or personal information for the individual user, depending on their setup, security software etc and other applications. I also would preceive that as a real threat to individual privacy for any individual in any country of the world who directly purchased and owns their own computer. For individuals who had their machines custom built to spec with software configured to meet a certain criterion this would be an outrage and considered hacking and tampering. -Henry Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote: On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Fred Baker wrote:
Personally, I don't ask my ISP or my IT department to randomly change the configuration of my computer. I am very happy for them to suggest changes, but *if* I agree, *I* want to install them when it is convenient for *me*, not when it is convenient for *them*.
There is a difference. In most cases the corporate laptop is owned by the corporation, not the employee. Shouldn't the corporate organization be able to change its own computers whenever it chooses, regardless of the desire of its employees. On the other hand, the ISP does not own the customer's computer. And despite EULA which say it not sold only licensed to the customer, most people view their computer as their property not the ISP's.