Peeping Tom

Tom and his colleagues secretly installed software in the computer of one of their officemates, Dida. They were annoyed by how Dida worked in their office. They described her as someone who does not do her job properly and who always gives unreasonable reasons to stay away from her responsibilities. And so they decided to investigate what keeping Dida busy that she had not time for her duties. Through the software that they installed, they were able to remotely monitor what Dida was doing with her computer. They discovered that Dida was always surfing websites unrelated to her job and she always busy talking in an online chatroom during office hours.

Their action somehow shows a violation of privacy in computing. Although they have probable reasons to question Dida for not delivering well in her job, they still do not have the authority to peep on Dida’s computer. They might have gotten a lot of evidences for what they did but they somehow violated Dida’s rights for her privacy especially that there was actually no policy on computer use in their office. Unless they have the proper authorization from the higher management, they cannot just sneak to other people’s property only to satisfy their curiosity.

* The story is based on actual events but the names of the characters have been changed :)