# How (not) to watch cat videos on company time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-watch-cat-videos-on-company-time/647497>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-watch-cat-videos-on-company-time/647497 "2013-01-17T12:31:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-watch-cat-videos-on-company-time/647497/21 "2013-01-22T14:14:40Z")

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> [@davidm](#):
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> The RSA key fob thing did sound funny to me.

That’s not really an issue IMO. It’s easy enough to bring up an IM and share a key fob # if needed; we do it at my job on occasion, when people leave their fobs at home, or we’re waiting on replacement fobs because one expired, or a new hire comes on. You just have to both be on IM at the same time, and once logged in, you can stay logged in for a long time - the timeout is usually 24 hours or so, even at my most security-paranoid client.

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**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-watch-cat-videos-on-company-time/647497/22 "2013-01-22T14:41:05Z")

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I also think this story is absolute bullshit.  
It saddens me that so many people believe it just because it’s so damn appealing.  
Despite being reported everywhere, I still haven’t seen one report that gives the developer’s name.  
You know, basic journalism.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-watch-cat-videos-on-company-time/647497/23 "2013-01-22T14:45:57Z")

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Well, the reason the name isn’t reported is that the primary (perhaps only) source is the case study from Verizon. The reason it’s suspicious to me is that I can’t believe that the outsourcing went so well. In my experience, you need to do a lot more communication with the overseas developers and there are inevitable issues.

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