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I have a laptop from my job, a large corporation, and I would like to use it for my personal needs and documents as well. The laptop goes with me everywhere and it's comfortable.
However, I am not comfortable with the IT department having access to my personal documents. I have no specific reason to think they will access them, but they can, and it doesn't' feel right. I am looking for ideas for technical solutions that will ensure that the IT cannot read my personal documents
More information:
- The IT department is the administrator of my computer
- I will be using an online back up tool for backing up my personal documents, so in case I'm fired, I will still have my data.
- Currently, the IT can Technically access the data stored on my disk whenever they want. I'm not sure by what means exactly. I do know that they use "DameWare" remote control to control my computer from time to time, for troubleshooting problems. My c: drive (the only hardisk on the computer) marked as not shared
- The system: an I7 computer, 4GB ram, running windows7 32bit
- Let me know what other information you need to respond
I want to emphasize, that I believe the situation itself of me storing some personal documents of mine, on the work computer, is ok with my employer. The problem here is my privacy
edit: Unfortunately, I cannot add comments to your answers, as I wasn't logged in when asking the question and now superuser doesn't recognize me as myself. Anyway, I don't believe anybody is spying after me on purpose, so I don't worry about keyloger and screen captures. I don't think they are installed. The realistic scenario is an it guy looking at my files out of curiosity while doing a maintenance work @Stephen-Jennings thank you for your excellent answer
A question regarding an external ssd. Won't the it be able to access it via DameWare or other similar means, when it is connected to the computer? Can i prevent this? My intention would be to leave it connected always.
3You have a work computer! It's not your computer and so although the company are OK with your personal use as well, the IT team will be administrators and therefore can get access to it all (as they should). Other than password protecting folders and files with software (Google it) you don't have many options. – Dave – 2013-04-11T07:20:41.933
Please look at http://superuser.com/help/user-merge to have your duplicate accounts merged – simply fill out the form.
– slhck – 2013-04-11T08:56:50.943