Ever left your work PC unlocked?

[.Lethal]

we got on guy good the other week lol everyone on his facebook thought he was a pedo and most his friends on FB werent his friends by time he noticed

This is a case of taking things to far.

 

[Participant]

Anyone that locks their PC just gets the flashing *I AM LOOKING AT GAY PORN* looping .exe . Only works once but it's still worth it.

That Rick Rolling website was doing the rounds a while back too.

 

[LordSplodge]

What happened? Any random posts on Facebook, or emails to people at work?

If you leave your computer unlocked here (in the IT department) we set the background picture to a very, very bad picture of David Hasselhoff

People get the message rather quickly, especially when we force the picture via Group Policy if you do it more than once.

 

[Red_knight]

Never, even though I have an office to myself.

I did once work in a place where leaving your machine unlocked was a disciplinary offence. (Finance, not MoD)

 

[Skillmister]

I ctrl+l whenever i leave the room. Its just habit and it takes under a second to enter my password anyway.

 

[1LANCS]

Only time ive ever done something to an unlocked pc was 10~ years ago at an insomnia lan, this guy was showing off his porn collection to everyone so on the last day i selected all of his porn, pictures, videos, etc.. and created a shortcut to them in his windows startup folder so once he had got home it would load hundreds of pics etc..

Never did find out what happened but i was amused.

 

[Freeman]

I always keep mine locked. But I'm constantly explicit getting emails from people who don't.

 

[DJMK4]

I am tempted to change someone's windows startup audio to

"ahh me so horny............me so horny ahh me so horny"

You know the tune

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Nope - on the spot sackable offense if I ever did.

 

[G-MAN2004]

Come on, Mr. Mysterious - at least tell us something!

 

[NeverWinter]

I even lock my PC/Laptop when I'm at home.

 

[ticklemebougy]

At college if people leave their computers logged in we normally post some naughty things on their facebook and change the background to men kissing.

Everyone in the class knows the deal so most of us lock our computers although every so often someone forgets .

 

[needforspeed]

Its best to use CTRL, Alt and Delete thing, incase someone uses a fake log on screen?

 

[Craig1981]

My work has a very strict policy about locking your PC. You step away from the PC, you lock it! Doesnt matter if you can still see the PC from where you've gone, you still lock it.

I remember about 2 years ago someone didnt lock their screen and some other guy jumped onto his computer and used his system to block the mobile number of somebody he had fallen out with. Thankfully the guilty party was caught swiftly and fired on the spot. Serves the idiot right, trying to frame an innocent guy for his prank!

 

[LordSplodge]

Nope - on the spot sackable offense if I ever did.

Wow, you work for the MoD or something?

I even lock my PC/Laptop when I'm at home.

Got something to hide, eh? Not one of our computers are locked at home. Anybody in the house can use them although I discourage heathens from touching my iMac with threats of death.

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

Nope - on the spot sackable offense if I ever did.

Not quite as harsh as this, but it'd certainly be disciplinary.

Work on a financial workstation, so its just as much for my own protection as it is for customer data protection. Habit to Win + L as soon as I think about moving anywhere.

 

[ElliorR]

My old boss used to. His desktop wallpaper was a photo of him doing a backflip on a snowboard. I took this image, did a photoshop this image thread on OCUK, and then placed the picture that was now minus him as his wallpaper.

Took him 1.5 days to realise then

"where the **** have I gone to?"

Twas funny.

 

[Fuzz]

I've had to lock my damn phone with a password or I get facebook raped or the home screen gets set to some gay porn

 

[.Lethal]

We need a poll to suspend the OP unless he spills the beans!

 

[physichull]

I agree. This is like saying you know a really good joke but then refuse to tell it!