[Heather11]

If I am using my company's wifi to log in from my phone, can my login or posts be tracked? How does that work?

[hamster-bamster]

What about if you use the work computer occasionally, via Safari Private Browsing, Chrome Incognito, and the like?

[tigerlily84]

I've wondered the same thing. Let me ask you something: do you have to "sign in" before you can use their wifi? I ask because most employers are able to access an employee's web history. I do it anyway. If I need to post, then I need to post!

[hamster-bamster]

Originally Posted by tigerlily84

I've wondered the same thing. Let me ask you something: do you have to "sign in" before you can use their wifi? I ask because most employers are able to access an employee's web history. I do it anyway. If I need to post, then I need to post!

Same . But I am in a big company. If I were in a small business, I would probably not do that.

[Vibe]

Do you need the company wifi to access the site from your phone? If not, then I wouldn't log in. Use, say, 3G or 4G if you have an iphone and avoid the issue altogether. No reason to invite trouble.

[Perna]

Your company's wi fi knows your phone is online, but not where. They have no access to your phone so can't see where your phone is "going". Being connected to the Internet is just being connected; if you worry about where you go, that would be a function of the location you go to, not where you start from/what tool you use to access. It goes "backwards", not forwards. This site owner does not give out any information though so if someone didn't like what you wrote here or thought it was "you" and wanted to know about who you were, they could not get it from here.

Your cell phone can be tracked; but not by your work unless it is a work-owned phone.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Originally Posted by Heather11

If I am using my company's wifi to log in from my phone, can my login or posts be tracked? How does that work?

Yes companies can monitor all the traffic on their network. They don't typically read everything that goes though but look for certain hot button words like hacking at least this is what they do at universities. You get assigned an IP when you log on and everything can be tracked to that IP....now they have no way of knowing what IP your phone has unlike your desktop which is company property and most likely has a static IP. But if you put identifying info like if heather is your real name then they can associate that IP and all you do with heather.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Heather11

If I am using my company's wifi to log in from my phone, can my login or posts be tracked? How does that work?

yes wifi can track when employees are logging on and what websites they visit. the short version is that when anyone logging in to a wifi network belonging to someone other than the one logging in, (otherwise known as piggy backing) the people who pay for the wifi get an email or notice stating phone number or computer ip number is hacking in from this location. then asks the person if they want to continue to allow the hacker (person logging in to the system illegally) access. then the boss in control of the Wifi chooses whether to shut off their employees illegal access or not.

At least thats how it works at the crisis center where I work and the local hospitals wifi network. here anyone caught hacking in to the business wifi with other than crisis center/hospital reasons its automatic suspension of computer/wifi priveldges. which means the employee has to go through a supervisor who has the unblocking code in order to use the wifi network.

[Heather11]

Originally Posted by tigerlily84

I've wondered the same thing. Let me ask you something: do you have to "sign in" before you can use their wifi? I ask because most employers are able to access an employee's web history. I do it anyway. If I need to post, then I need to post!

I have the password to the wifi access but that's it. No network login... I use my phone as I would in my own home connected to the wifi.