Does work VPN always compromise home privacy?

lisa harkema · 2006-10-03T05:41:02+00:00

Does work vpn compromise home privacy & security?I work for a snooping kind of company where I would not put it pastthem to watch what I do on my personal home computer if they could.Can they "see" what I do on my home laptop when I vpn from home on mywork laptop?Often I am asked by my manager to use Nortel VPN to connect to thework network using my home ISP on my work-owned portable Windows XPlaptop. At the same time, I am on my home WinXP PC connecting throughthe same Linksys wireless router.I'm pretty sure when I do not VPN in from the work computer, theycan't "see" what I do on the home computer ..... but when I vpn in onthe work computer on the same network as the home computer .. .... canthey "see" what I do on the home computer?Does VPN compromise my home security or is my home PC activity stillsecure?

Oct 03, 2006 20 Replies

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John Navas 18 years ago

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:46:57 -0500, alex7xl wrote in :

Depends on what's at work -- your IP may still be exposed.

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