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    If he took it out of his work laptop and put it into his personal laptop it would be easy for them to know that he did that. It would also be provable that he used it outside of a courtroom, but that would be more difficult to do.

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    Your dad will be fine.


    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. E View Post
    If he took it out of his work laptop and put it into his personal laptop it would be easy for them to know that he did that.
    How would they know?

    It would also be provable that he used it outside of a courtroom, but that would be more difficult to do.
    Again, how?

    These cards aren't magic; they're just cellular radios; they function just like a tethered phone would. You don't get some detailed report at the end of the month with triangulated positions or anything crazy, you just get a breakdown of data usage and even that doesn't list specific sites or services.

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    As far as tracking it, the ISP may be able to see what tower(s) you are connected to and try to pinpoint a location.
    True, but this isn't something the provider does without a good reason. Like a court order or some kind of verifiable abuse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ephekt View Post
    True, but this isn't something the provider does without a good reason. Like a court order or some kind of verifiable abuse.
    Yep. When you worry about compliance everyday you need to factor in things like this

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    Quote Originally Posted by ephekt View Post

    True, but this isn't something the provider does without a good reason. Like a court order or some kind of verifiable abuse.
    this isnt csi or the police. work pays for it work can do whatever they want and its more dependent on how much the provider is willing to do moreso than what they are legally bound to do/not do

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    Quote Originally Posted by goku View Post
    this isnt csi or the police. work pays for it work can do whatever they want and its more dependent on how much the provider is willing to do moreso than what they are legally bound to do/not do
    Obviously, but most providers use their legal obligation as a metric to determine how much they will do. They're not going to spy on a single employee for a single company upon a simple, non-binding, request though. That should be common sense.

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    Just use proxies and then no one will know what your dad is doing on the internet. Easy as that.

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