If you see ANYTHING on your screen, then its going into the "cache" of the web-browser, that means it could be viewable by anyone.
You could press "Delete Temporary Internet Files" after each time a page is viewed. The problem there is many work machines are set up to retain everything, depending on various factors. Some are also set up to scan everything, to monitor what people are looking at.
Some don't monitor anything.
But for ANYTHING that comes up on a screen on a computer, that is generally retained, unless the user gets rid of it, in several places.
One also has to delete the History, etc.
Bascially, if you can see it, then it stays there, unless you know how to manually delete it in several ways, and the system can be set up to block anyone from doing that.
So the short answer is the computer guys can see anything anyone does on their computers if they want to.
Depends on the type of company.
For example, Landmark would surely monitor every word typed on their machines, and likely collect the data, and graph it by Employee. If they want to, they can monitor and graph exactly what people do on their machines, how much time they spend on Hotmail, etc.
But most normal companies don't do all that, just crazy ones.
Its better to have a cheap personal laptop with dial-up access for personal business.
that being said, there do appear to be some software solutions to increase personal privacy at work. Looks like the Firefox browser has some options, or using something called Torpark running off a USB drive.
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Hey Anticult,
I do a spam sweep several times a day. Sometimes I do one at work. Here's my question, (from a lesser of the computer literate): Is there any possibility this garbage gets onto my boss's computer where he might be able to pull it up? I never click on the links, of course, but the clips and urls are certainly viewable on the screen before I delete them. I'm afraid my boss might think I've been looking at porn on his machine. What's the chance of that?
EZ