Many people browse the web from an employer who has rules about what
types of pages may be accessed. For example, a person applying for a
job with my team may include a link to a web page about their
job-related background -- portfolio.html or whatever. HR tells us to
be sure we don't follow links to any other page that may be
more personal in nature, such as a page that reveals the applicant's
marital status (which can't legally be considered in hiring decisions
here). HR doesn't want to deal with complications from cases where we
reject an applicant but there's a log entry showing a visit to, say,
family.html from our company's IP address block. We'd prefer that
prefetching isn't a default.
There's also log analysis to identify the set of web pages visited by
each employee during work hours, and an attempt to programmatically
estimate the amount of non-work-related web browsing. This feeds into
decisions about promotions/termination/etc. Prefetching won't get
anyone automatically fired, but we'd still prefer it isn't a default.
There's also log analysis to identify the set of web pages visited by each employee during work hours, and an attempt to programmatically estimate the amount of non-work-related web browsing. This feeds into decisions about promotions/termination/etc. Prefetching won't get anyone automatically fired, but we'd still prefer it isn't a default.