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Originally Posted by Savvy User
I own a LAN center here in Texas. How do you propose to monitor 18+ computers, constantly switching out with other users, and researching every single action or app they do? There is no automated way to do it, and any programs that can attempt to do so are both intrusive, destructive on the speed and function of the PC, costly, and still fail to capture or identify any potentially harmful actions by the user without human monitoring.
It's not possible, not in any effective way, but soon that won't matter. All that will matter is that people (that own the public PCs) will be punished for the actions of others.
This isn't new news, coming from England, as right here in Texas we have agents from local and federal police coming in telling us they are part of a new "task force" and that we should not only REPORT anything we find, but actively monitor and seek activity out. We also do computer repair services (which is our primary business) and the agents tell us they would like us to look through all the documents on every PC that comes in for service. They ask we look for "questionable" pictures, to check to see if their music is legally purchased, and other irrational things that are both impossible/poorly defined/or so intrusive to privacy.
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