On Thursday 12 February 2004 16:00, Adrian Costescu wrote:
Dear all,
A lot of people from this forum come from countries economically more advanced than ours.
It is true.
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I hope that in the same time this advance provides happiness, culture and wisdom for not judging other people ... at least not upon our "history or apparently our lax privacy laws".
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I also don't understand why do you think that "it's repugnant to most people who are in the free software arena to help people, colleagues and friends who post from countries like Romania" ... Why, Mr.Andersen?
this is missing the point, and not what he said. You left out an important part of his statement, which alters the meaning.
Anyway, If you believe or not, my request has an legitimate, but also private, reason.
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I'm working for a passenger road transport company from Romania, well known nationally and abroad for the accuracy of the business. If anyone is truly interested I will tell the name of the company... for proving our honesty.
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We have agencies (our agencies) around our country and we connect the computers (our computers) to the main server through an ssh connection. We use this kind of connection for data booking exchange but also for remote control, self maintenance and for evaluating our employees job - because of the distance between agencies.
this is relevant. Why do you need a stealth connection for that. - data booking exchange does not need a stealth connection - remote control does not need a stealth connection - self maintenance does not need a stealth connection - evaluating our employees job - oops - yeah, that seems to be it. Well. there is nothing wrong with "evaluating our employees job", but in most civilized countries the privacy laws require that this is NOT done by a stealth connection. These privacy laws did not come easy, there was and is a hard fight for them, all over the globe. I applaud Anders for helping many of us on the list so many times. I applaud him even more for not helping to do a stealth connection without a legitimate reason!
This is who we are ... several Romanian guys who try to do their jobs ...
Mr.Andersen, maybe you think so but we do not have time for spying our computers
well well, many people think that trying to do "evaluating our employees job" using a "stealth VNC connection" is spying ... I have been involved in job evaluations a lot, and anything "stealth" is here a big "no way".
or telling other people in forums what it's right or wrong. We have a lot to do for proving that the differences between our countries it's just a matter a time and place. We, the people, are the same. If you cry, I will cry ... if you bleed, I will bleed ... Mr.Andersen, believe me, we are the same ...
yes, that's it, we ALL have the right for privacy protection, and for job evaluations without using stealth methods. This includes your country, my country, and even all the countries where nobody has heard about privacy laws yet. Let's tell them about it!
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So, Adrian, back to the point, is there a legitimate reason for a stealth VNC connection? So far you did not provide one. And that's all Anders and others asked for. Regards to Romania Matt