gearhead_318

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How bout' running some small version of Linux off a thumb drive? I've booted my laptop from a 2 gig thumb drive before. \
Ex: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

You also may be able to install whatever browser you want by installing it via thumb drive, don't know how to do that though.

Pen2_the_penguin

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thumb drives are not allowed in gov't computers.

kotomile

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We can thank Mr. Assange for that.

I took the required training and my USB ports should be unlocked soon. Maybe.

gearhead_318

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I didn't think that applied to all gov computers, I wasn't sure if the OP was talken about working at the local DMV or at the CIA, so I fugured it was worth a shot. Guess it makes sence that they don't allow USB's though.

shuiend

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He actually works for a private company that contracts a lot of things for the Gov. Next time you are in an airport and see a poster for how TSA is supposed to fondle you, thank the Brain for that poster.

TrickerZ

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Ours allows USB, but only hard drives and they have to be scanned before first use. I used to use a SSH tunnel to my home router, but after a year of using it, they caught me. Using a dynamic port and making a change to the firefox configuration to send DNS through the proxy, I could access anything.

Pen2_the_penguin

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I plugged my phone charger into our computers once... they were able to track me down 5 seconds after plugging it in, and after 6 seconds my commander's phone rang, 8 seconds my supervisor would like to speak to me... thankfully, the WING commander let me off since it was a dead phone, and only a 5v USB chord, no data can transfer through it.


Edit: oh, and they locked my account until it had commander approval.

Braineack

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The trick is you (IE. the public) won't see the poster.

Faeflora

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Wrong.

Having been onsite at a shitton of agencies, speaking with them about security policies and compliance blah blah I would say that everyone does their own thing. Some places allow it and some don't. Some monitor your keystrokes and some let you watch ****...