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Nice, so now by using this I have an NSFW site logged in my workplace's DNS log. Be careful if your employer checks such things.

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Made the same mistake. "Maybe NSFW" isn't really clear – "makes a request to YouPorn" is probably more fitting.

Yeah, I thought "Well I only log on to corporate email and HN on this computer, so it's not going to drag up anything scandalous."

Our IT department LOVES complaining about users using the network inappropriately, so I can look forward to a discussion with HR about this. I guess I should have checked the comments first.

If your workplace is creating any trouble for you because of a few unique hits to NSFW websites, better reevaluate where you work.

Without the constant social pressure to mark content, this 'Few unique hits' would become a pattern of behavior.

The system is working. Let it do its job.

If you had done your job instead of reading HN, there would be no problem!

100+ days old account, love it!

well, the name is fitting indeed

On the other hand, let's keep the novelty accounts to reddit (even there they are annoying though).

The one time I don't check the comments before reading the story...

Sorry, didn't think about that. Added a hint in the title.

huh. I didn't think of that.. that's kinda harsh.

Yep I also clicked first. It might need an "NSFW" tag in the title to warn other users. (Let's see how long it takes for Corporate IT to come yell at us)

I get blocking it but I have to wonder about departments run like that. Do they really have nothing better to do?

It's the "see and be seen" method of working.

Nobody knows you exist because everything is working? Better go yell at somebody.

Everybody thinks you aren't working because something is broken? Better go yell at somebody.

Well, on the bright side I'll be able to see if our IT guy actually logs this stuff.

It'll be fun explaining it.

DNS prefetch makes those logs fairly useless - fortunately or unfortunately depending.

Share the link with your colleagues for extra fun.

Use a VPN like the rest of the savvy slackers.

Yes. If you do anything remotely personal on a work computer, use a VPN or some other type of encrypted tunnel (an SSH SOCKS tunnel + FoxyProxy makes a good poor man's VPN, and can usually be configured to allow seamless integration with internal resources going over the LAN and external going over the tunnel).

I'm more likely to get in trouble for creating a VPN than I would be for accidentally sending a DNS request to YouPorn. Our IT department is insane about data security, and running traffic through another VPN will cause them to drop everything to harass you for as long as it takes you to prove that you weren't leaking sensitive information.

Sounds like you need to just browse on your phone, then. And if that's not an option, you should probably just not browse at work.

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