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Recently I started working from home (like half of the world these days due to the Corona virus). Work has provided me with a laptop/screen etc. and a VPN to the company network. I only use this laptop for work purposes (but I am logged into Whatsapp and Facebook on it) and not outside work hours (although sometimes I forget to turn it off directly).
Today I received an e-mail from HR stating that they have done some tests, because the network has been bad, and that IT has concluded this is due to extensive use of sites such as Netflix etc. IT has provided HR with a list of IP addresses where this was ascertained. HR has requested everyone to stop doing this immediately. They consider this to be an incident, which they expect to not happen again.
This e-mail was written as if it was sent to the whole company. A list of the 'guilty' IP addresses was stated in the e-mail and everyone was asked to check for themself if it's you (due to privacy regulations, they say). However, I explicitly saw my only name in the 'receivers' of the e-mail, so it appears as if they know who they sent it to and put everyone in BCC?
Now I assume that they are referring to watching Netflix on the company laptop during work hours. And I want to reply and tell them that what they are saying (or basically accusing me of) is not true. But I also don't want to end up having any kind of problem with HR.
To me, it seems too ridiculous that this is what they are referring to. Besides, I don't think that they can tell me what I can and cannot watch on my private devices outside work hours. Or if I was living with someone, what a partner can and cannot watch on a private device while I work from home. But the e-mail is framed in such a way as if it is already a fact, that it makes me doubt about this.
I spoke about this to someone else, who thought that maybe IT sees that my internet is a problem. Tonight, I ran some speedtests and my download is 19 Mbps and upload is 3 Mbps. FYI: I work in customer service and I call over the internet (and do experience problems with this).
The other answer is technically correct in saying that it is possible to monitor your network from a device on the network. Sure, any adversary controlled device could potentially be used to pivot and attack other parts of your network, including monitoring.
But, the key word there is adversary. A legitimate company would not be actively attacking your home network from your work laptop. This would likely be illegal in nearly every jurisdiction. If you have evidence that your work laptop is performing malicious activity, that's an (unlikely) different story.
Simply put, your work should not be monitoring any traffic besides what is going through their corporate VPN. Why would they care what you do on your personal network, regardless of during work hours or not? Their concern seems to be resource use of the company network.
My only other thought: do you live in a complex with other residents, all sharing the same internet connection (and public IP address)? If so, maybe somebody else also lives there who works for your company and is misusing the company VPN.
When you connect to their network, if you google "What my IP" you will know if you're on their network or not depending if it matches whats setup in the VPN. I assume they set you up via VPN settings in Windows. If you look at the configuration for that, you will see the IP added. Local IPs could easily be accidentally mistaken for your IP if your network is built similarly. Same subnet, addressing scheme etc. It also depends if your IP is static or not.
Just because you were in BCC doesn't mean you were targeted. My guess is it would deal more with privacy of others. Like if you were to do "Reply All" and accidentally send an email of you defending yourself or keeping email chains separate.
The fact that Kaufman finally opted to partner with a major streaming service means I'm Thinking of Ending Things theoretically has the potential to help the filmmaker find his biggest audience, too. But, well... while I'm Thinking of Ending Things was always going to be somewhat bizarre, the most perplexing thing about it may be calling it a "Netflix film." Prepare to hit play on the platform's oddest release to date.
But still, Lucy sees Jake as fine. He treats her nicely. He has interests and a drive to improve. And evidently family matters to him, because he'll navigate what looks like a developing blizzard for this dinner. Lucy needs to get home tonight to make it to work in the morning, and Jake initially commits to that tight timeline, too.
The blizzard quickly becomes the least of Lucy's concerns, though. Jake's parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis) almost immediately come across as strange. Harmless, based on first impressions, but totally strange. And by the time dessert has been brought out, Lucy senses something's up. She keeps getting missed calls from "Lucy." The family dog won't stop shaking off non-existent water. And pictures of baby Jake on the wall intermittently look a whole awful lot like baby Lucy. Jake warned her the old farmhouse didn't have much to it, particularly its nondescript bedrooms upstairs and the unfinished basement beneath. But as the blizzard keeps worsening and Jake slowly loses his enthusiasm for heading back promptly, Lucy starts exploring what she believed to be a farmhouse but what increasingly seems to be some fixed place with very fluid definitions of time and reality.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things leans so hard into the abstract that you can't help but wonder what the full picture is even while your viewing is in progress. Normally, that's part of the charm with a Kaufman film, but it's a dangerous proposition with something exclusive to Netflix. In the pre-quarantimes, once you purchased a ticket for the theater, you were pot committed and focused only on the screen. But a streaming movie today has to compete for your attention again and again as you're stuck at home with others and your phone is within arm's reach. I'm Thinking of Ending Things will test many viewers' commitment more than a few times over its two-hours-plus.
Overall, I'm Thinking of Ending Things comes off very stage play-y: minimal sets (the car, the farmhouse, a Dairy Queen knock-off, and a school), long scenes made of very little action and very in-depth dialogue, and lots of quotes, ideas, or moments that feel allegorical as they're happening. (This surface-level analogy gets amplified by a few spoiler-y things, too.) The performances can also have their volume turned all the way up quite often. Thewlis and Collette in particular clearly had green lights to lean into their characters' weirdness as much as they pleased, and Plemons' Jake fluctuates between feeling like an illusion and a newish-but-uninspiring boyfriend. I had more than a few flashbacks to parsing Waiting for Godot in high school English class: in I'm Thinking of Ending Things, eventually you realize what's being grappled with in script was always meant to be more important than what's happening in front of your eyes.
And if I'm Thinking of Ending Things ultimately wants to say something about relationships, that something definitely isn't hopeful. Eternal Sunshine, Kaufman's masterpiece, centers on the same topic and argues the journey of falling in love is worth traversing through even if the ultimate destination is a tragic ending more often that not. But more than a decade later, Kaufman has a much different tune to play. Lucy trudges forward with Jake in this increasingly down spiraling moment without Jake showcasing any redeeming qualities. He acts like a walking citation correcting Lucy with regularity, he fails to recognize her increasingly urgent pleas to get home, and he can't be bothered to keep details of their relationship origins straight. If relationships are destined to be like this, Lucy's struggle suggests don't get in the car at all.
All that assumes Kaufman wanted to remain loyal to the original story, which is not guaranteed. Even before we knew theaters wouldn't be an option, this auteur intended to eschew a lot of the characteristics now associated with the streaming format. I'm Thinking of Ending Things would likely play better in an art house cinema with a cafe waiting for audiences right outside, but much like Lucy's ultimate fate, we will never know.
Whether you have a nod to non-fiction like me or plan your weekend in part based on the rotten tomatoes movie review scale, there is a special event this week of which you should take note. For me, it will be more than just the nationwide premiere of a sports themed movie, it will be an emotional look back at one of the defining moments of the Razorback program and the state that calls the Hogs home.
It was that reality that hit me square in the face when I returned to my small starter house in the central part of Fayetteville late on a spring night in 1999. Prior to social media and the proliferation of cell phones, the only precursor to the sobering dose of news that awaited was the flashing red light of a telephone answering machine, indicating a new message.
Often times in death, we idolize individuals in an enhanced way beyond what they truly represented in life. Brandon Burlsworth was not perfect. He would be the first to point that out. But from someone who had the privilege to know him, I would offer the perspective that the movie is a true depiction of his nature and his unyielding commitment to always put others before himself.
Buoyed by his faith and his unwavering commitment to make the most of every opportunity, Brandon made a tremendous impression on those he met long before his life was transformed to legacy in a split second on a winding country road. For those familiar with the Razorback program and throughout college football, that legacy is hard to miss.
There are a lot of choices this week. Netflix adds Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Wicked Little Letters, Max brings on Knox Goes Away, Hulu serves up Sleeping Dogs, and Humane joins Shudder. Last but not least, MGM+ gains Challengers, the hit sports drama starring Dune: Part Two actress Zendaya.
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