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Computers were a great invention for the workplace; they increased productivity, made certain tasks easier, etc, but they’ve got a few downsides too. All you need is a few computer skills under your belt and you can get any ol’ regular office job done in half the time it would have taken you if you still lived in an analog world, but instead of moving on to the next task on the list, people saw an opportunity to do less work.
The working force saw an opportunity to get paid to goof off while watching YouTube videos, chatting with their friend on the million social networks you can find on the Interwebz, and sharing cat memes all day. If there’s one thing employers hate it’s giving you money to enjoy yourself; this is especially problematic if you like to watch porn at work.
Porn at work, second to jerking off in the bathroom, is the biggest no-no of them all. Basically, the only time it’s okay to get off when someone is paying is if you work in the adult industry. Otherwise, bosses or clients tend to frown on paying you to orgasm when you’re supposed to be preparing the next bored boardroom PowerPoint presentation.
A lot of people get fired over this, but if your employer is the Pentagon watching porn is an even bigger offense. It’s a matter of national security, y’all.
The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency took a stand and sent a memo to all its employees, on July 27th, stating that porn and other sexually explicit images had been detected on its network and that that kind of behavior was not only unprofessional, but posed a risk to the safety of our nation through the introduction of malware and malicious code.
The use of so-called steganography [embedding computer code in photo or files] has been rampant: In May, CNN reported that an alleged Al Qaeda operative named Maqsood Lodin had snuck plans for terror attacks in Europe inside a file called “Sexy Tanja,” which was hidden inside a porn video file.
He was caught by German investigators and has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges.
Terrorists or hackers might use porn because it doesn’t seem like an obvious conduit, Steven Weber, a professor of information at the University of California, Berkeley, told Discovery News.
Not an obvious choice, really? Come on now, porn is the most obvious choice when it comes to getting people to download malware or computer viruses. It’s the only way to ensure maximum exposure. Clearly, this professor Steven Weber doesn’t spend a lot of time on his computer. Porn is the ultimate weapon in this scenario. Don’t fret though, just get yourself a Mac (virus free) or a good firewall and for the love of God don’t open any files that end-up in your Spam folder. Porn is still your friend, (alleged) terrorists and big brother be damned.
Via nydailynews.com
