# SDMB blocked at work

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/211581>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 5, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/211581 "2003-11-05T17:45:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/211581/1 "2003-11-05T17:45:01Z")

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Is there any way to get around a block placed on accessing the SDMB?

I was reading SDMB for several months at work (Windows NT) at one of many computer terminals, and then one day I wasn’t allowed access anymore (someone didn’t like SDMB for some strange reason). I can log onto [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) but it blocks me when I click on the message board link.

Is there a hacker’s trick to get around this? And what’s the risk I’ll be found out?

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**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/211581/2 "2003-11-05T17:57:26Z")

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If I were you I’d drop it and log on from home. Someone is obviously watching what you’re doing online and continuing to surf at work is a good way to get fired.

Not that I’m saying you SHOULD be. If you get the work done I don’t see what the problem is. But you know how anal bosses are.

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**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/211581/3 "2003-11-05T18:06:32Z")

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I would not recommend it, you have to remember that everything you do on the computer probably is traceable.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/211581/4 "2003-11-05T18:26:54Z")

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There are ways round it. There are also ways that a clued-up IT department can discover those tricks. I wouldn’t recommend the risk. You may be contravening your company’s employment terms, at best risking a warning and at worst (depending on what you’re browsing and for how long) getting the sack.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/211581/5 "2003-11-05T18:29:57Z")

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I’m sorry, but we will not help you bypass security.

This is closed.

**DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator