I have the habit of switching screen when someone enters the computer room. Not that I would be watching porn but I do hate it to have onlookers spying on whatever I am doing. This is a continuous hot issue between my wife and I. Do you switch screen when someone enters your computer room?
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[question posted by ronaldinu]
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I do sometimes switch the screen when someone enters my room. It isnt very often though. I am not even sure why I do it but I woud guess it is because that I do not care for a few to see what I am reading or typing. [razcal2267]
I honestly feel if you have to switch your screen just because someone enters your computer room then i would seriously believe that you are doing something doing that you should not be doing,cause just cause someone enters the room doesn't mean they coming to hang over your shoulder to read or see what you are doing/..I would definately know that you were up to something you were not suppose to be doing.your quilty plain and simple of something [mnflower]
No I don't but I want to , do to old work habits. My husband can look at whatever he wants to if I tried to hide something I don't know enough about the computer to hide it where he can't get it. [savypat]
This feel so sneaky! I do it those rare times I log on from work, to get a break from the grind during a break. Somehow, I feel as if I'm doing something wrong when I switch that way, although I know it's OK. blush [cobrateacher]
no, i don't. noone very seldom enter my computer room but my kids & i have nothing to hide. [ANTIQUELADY]
Hi ronaldinu, No as I am at home all the time mylotting, I don't have to do that and my husband is not interested in what I do, I even ask him to join up but it is not his cup of tea, he doesent like social networking as he is too busy biking and he doesent bother me at all. I don't have anything to hide form anybody. Tamara [tamarafireheart]
Last time I did it, not deliberately, but because I was going back and forth between a chat and work, it caused a big fight between my husband and myself. Better to just show her what you're doing although I completely get where you're coming from here. I hate people watching what I am doing too. [dawnald]
I think it's rude to stand over somebody like that and watch what they're doing. [dawnald]
No, I do not. My husband knows that mostly I do myLot and Gather, and freelance articles, so I do not need to change anything. Oh, and read e mails. We actually do a lot together online. [GardenGerty]
I am not in that habit. It's just my husband and I in here, and neither of us really has anything to hide from the other. Besides, and this is the ironic part, we are both legally blind, so we would not be able to see what the other person is doing at a glance from afar, anyway. Neither one of us can really see our screens unless we are right infront of them. [danishcanadian]
No, never. I don't see the point of doing this, because I think it would make people suspicious. I'm never doing anything I'm ashamed of or worried about, so it's not an issue. However, if I were in the middle of writing an email and the person in the room seemed to be reading it, I'd probably point out it was a private email. [guybrush]
you know by you doing that it makes it look like you are hiding something.i also understand you don,t want people standing over you but you don,t have anything to hide.so don,t make it look like you do have something to hide.you can make this better if you just stop acting like you are doing something wrong in front of her.you have to look how this makes her feel when you do this. [annjilena]
I don't do that because my husband knows exactly what I am doing. He laughs at me because I spend so much time in the evenings playing RPGs. We all like to do our own thing and he loves to watch television and I prefer my quests. My husband doesn't ever switch screens but he doesn't like anyone looking over his shoulder. Who does? [Anomalie]
No, I don't. It doesn't bother me for someone to enter the room. What does bother me is if they stand over me or over my shoulder reading what I write or have on the screen. I don't know why this bothers me but it does...really badly. Enough that I will ask them to leave from behind me. Unless we are both reading and looking at something together, but that different. I'd prefer they pull up a desk chair of their own though and sit beside me. lol [moondancer]
I hate the idea of someone sneaking behind me to check what I am doing on the computer. Thanks for your feedback [ronaldinu]
Never have switched screens that I know of. I figure if you act suspicious you have something to hide. If that is not true then why worry about switching screens? I could see if you were buying your wife a gift or something like that and you did not want her to see what you were doing but anything else is sure suspcious acting and she would not be the only one that would have questions about it. So what if she sees what you are doing? [eeyore39]
Unless I was doing something that I shouldn't be doing then I wouldn't switch screens. When I was working I used to switch screens because some of the things I was typing for work were confidential. [Shar19]
I used to. Like you, I don't like people looking over my shoulder. Since I live alone now, it's not an issue. [dragon54u]
I dont ever look at anything bad but Iswitch too cause I like my privacy when Im on the computer and cant stand when people are trying to look at or read what Im doing. It bugs the crap out of me. Same with phone calls I try to either go in the other room or just wait and use the phone when Im home alone cause I dont like people listenign to what Im talking about. [Jlyn22]
I used to do that at my job because we were not supposed to be on any websites that were not related to our job so every time my supervisor walked by I switched the screen, I used to check my e-mail all the time, I got caught once but he was cool about it he said don't do it again, but at home I have nothing to hide. [x0xpinkyx0x]
Nobody ever enters my room but no, I don't switch screens even when I'm in a public place. I do not see the need for it. Cheers!! [underdogtoo]
It depends whether whatever it is is kid safe or what it has to do with. When I worked, I had a privacy screen so you'd have to be standing DIRECTLY behind me (meaning I would already know you were there) to see what was on my screen. Part of the reason that was acceptable to have was that we had HIPPA laws or something like that for privacy for patient information. Of course it also helped so you didn't have nosy coworkers reading the contents of your email box either. Right now I have 5 tabs on my browser. [mommyboo]
Not really. If I want to do something on line that I do not want others to see, I do it when no one is around. [nanajanet]
LOL wise advice mum *wink [ronaldinu]
No, i don't do that.My hubby might become suspiciouslol.He might think that i am hiding something so i don't change screen when someone will be looking on my screen. [msedge]
No I don't have to switch the sceen, when I am on the computer because, I am always here on Mylot or either I am playing games on my computer, or checking e-mails I don't care who looks over my shoulder because, I am not looking at nothing interesting any way, and this computer belongs to me, and it I wanted to hide some thing I would close my door, and lock it but I have nothing to hide, any way it's only me and my son the uses this computer any way.happy [notlistening2]
Ha, I do that all the time. It's not like I'm looking at anything inappropriate, it's just something instinctive I do. I just don't like people looking on when I'm surfing the internet. I have a need for privacy, and back when I used to doodle a lot, I'd cover whatever I was drawing whenever someone was coming into the room. [saffrondreams]
No, I normally don't switch screens. It is just the two of us here in the house, unless you count the dog too. And both of our computers are usually in plane sight when passing through the room. And it doesn't bother me if he sees what I'm looking at or reading online. But I don't have to worry about his really stopping and looking over my shoulder, nor does he. For the most part, unless he's paying bills online, he is playing one of his games online....I'm really not that bored, to stand there and watch him lol [palonghorn]
Yeah!!! I do this a lot! Or I just start scrolling down down down. i don't know why but I feel guilty when someone walks in on me and sees me reading Hollywood gossip sites. :( When I'm just checking my mail then I don't feel guilty at all. Also, I hide mylot from members of my family. I don't want them to know that I'm making money off mylot. It's embarrassing. :( Eeks. I just feel that they won't understand and that they'd make fun of me. Or worse, they'll get mad at me for being so naive! [mimico]
Hey ronaldinu! No I don't feel the need to switch screens when my boyfriend comes into the kitchen/office! There isn't anything to hide and he barely looks at what I'm doing half the time. And if he does look it's ok with me! There isn't anyone else in the house except the cat's and they look at the screen all the time! In fact they are always blocking it so that I can't see it myself! [Opal26]
I too do that.I change the site or minimize as anyone who comes from behind definitely tends to eye what is on the screen.I strongly think that it is a blatant violation of my privacy however harmless the page is.I have the right to see whatever I want to depending on my mood.It is absolutely personal.Great discussion. happy"Spread a smile" happy [balasri]
yes most of the time. especially when the boss enters. and i dont want others to see what im typing. personal thing [crazygemini]
Yeah, i think it's pretty annoying. When my sisten comes in to my room, i minimize my windows and from myLot's. I just don't feel comfortable when people look at my work. I even do the same on my cellphones. It's just so annoying really. My thing on the internet is usually my own personal thing. I don't share it with people like family and close friends. I don't even add them on my Friendster account and other social networking services. [modstar]
Yeah, i'm just avoiding something which might she might misunderstood. Like she may see the word sex not knowing that it's about gender that's being talked about. lol! [modstar]
No. As I am not doing something secretly. It is no secret at all and I don't mind others see what I am doing with my computer. Besides, usually I use English, so not everybody will understand it:) I love China [youless]
I think that I don't do it as much as I used to. I'll admit sometimes I will, but sometimes it's for a legitimate reason, like looking at things I'd like to buy for my fiance, something we want to buy for either his mom or dad... I think that it's rude to switch the screen, and it makes me feel as if the person who walked in will think I am hiding something. [SomeCowgirl]
NOpe, i will not switch screen.. Because i had nothing to hide.. ON top of that, my house has got only, my parents and my brother.. My parents are not good with computers, and i'm sharing the room with my brother, so there's virtually nothing to hide from them.. haha =D Even when i have visitors to my house, i dun switch my computer screens when they enter my room.. It's like, i'm doing something legal, and earning money, so why bother about them.. haha [kun2349]
Hi Ronald, I am doing mylot from office. I log on to my mail and mylot then minimizing the same and doing office works. When I got free time I work on both. In case anybody enters in my room when I am doing mylot or personal work then I will minimize the window. I am not hiding and they know that I was doing some personal work but I just don't want to show them what I was doing. [Sreekala]
Oh come on now Ronald...the only reason someone would do this is if they have something to hide! Like if you didn't want someone to see what you were doing, what site you were on or perhaps you are at work and visiting a site you should not be visiting. I'm sure many users are myLotting when they are supposed to be working. There have been times that I have done this and it was for the reasons I gave...not that I have ever used a computer at work for anything other than work but at home I have wanted to keep things private. Why would you say "onlookers are spying on whatever" you are doing unless you have something to hide??? [MsTickle]
Generaly I have several windows open at the same time anyway and do switch between them while I am waiting for a pge to loador something like that. It does mean that I could be switching from one window to another but it is not intentional if someone happens to come into the room. Most of the time that would be my partner and she operates in the same way as well when she is online. If it was someone else who came into the room, then I might flick the screen off, depending on what I was doing of course. If for example I had our accounts or orders or contracts open, and someone came into the room, I would certainly turn the screen off as that is our business. To some people it might seem that a person who switches screens when someone comes into a room, has something to hide. whistle I don't have anything to hide at all and in fact as both my partner and I have been cheated on in the past, we are very open wiht each other. Also I think that because of our past experiences we are much more careful to ensure that everything is not only above board but is seen that way as well. [oldboy46]
yeah i do when my mom pops in my computer room it is so because she checks weather im studying or playing games..........at some weak moments i get caught watching movies and plying games.. [rakon_road]
Sometimes when I feel like the people around me would be off to see what is on my screen and perceive it as something off character, I usually change it into something neutral.happy [tryxiness]
Yeah i do so at times. i dont like people spying upon me . i like privacy [emopwincess]
HI. I harldy ever switch screens, when anyone come in the room. Only unless i am buying a present for that person, or if i am having a personal converstion with my daughters. Other than that i have noting to hide. [sammy009]
No, I don't do that. I have nothing to hide from onlookers. My hubby on the other hand would switch screens or close screens whenever I got near the computer. That immediately told me he was hiding something. When he was not around, a quick check of the computer told me exactly what he was hiding. Yes, it was porn and communications with other women. One day there was over 1200 porn files in the cache. I was mad. Very mad. If you are not doing anything wrong, then there is no reason to switch screens because someone walked into the room. Ron, Why would you be so paranoid to think that people are spying on you? hhmmmm. Something to think about. [royal52gens]
Hmmm... I am thinking about what you wrote.... I just its my vice... I have nothing to hide after all [ronaldinu]
I don't. I figure if they see my myLotting, and I am doing something, and that I am also checking my email. I will put another tab over if I am checking my financial records. And since I do not look at porn or write anything too racy, I do not mind. Besides I know with me when I see someone at the computer, I really am not interested in what they are doing so I really do not see anything. But it could be that others may think you have something to hide. You know what Shakespeare said, "He protests too much." [suspenseful]
I sometimes switch the screen, but usually before anyone can notice that I've actually switched it. I don't watch any porn, but there are somethings that I just don't think are anyone else's business. People are extrememly nosey these days and think that everything HAS to do with them somehow. [wallfranklin]
I don't but then I never look at anything objectionable anyways. If I was looking at porn which I think is disgusting then I wouldn't want other people seeing it. About the raciest thing on my computer is some of mylot discussions. [cripfemme]
I understand what your saying. However I do not change screens when someone comes into the room.I have nothing in my life that I am hiding from anyone. I do not like people that are just being nosey. I mean if a person wants to know something or anything about me ~ just ask. If I want them to know I'll say so if not be prepared. LOL [SuzyQ12]
Yes I do also, Not that I have anything to hide or anything, its just that when Im on the computer I like to be left in peace, and have people see what Im doing... [Calais]
No... never! I have nothing to hide. [IllinoisValleyRocks]
Not very often. But it depends on what I am doing. If for example I am reading about something private, something I do not really wish to discuss, then yes I may change the screen because I do not feel like having a conversation at that time about whatever I am looking up on the web. I imagine that this is a common habit for a lot of internet users. Have you tried explaining to your wife the reasons for why you do this? [UK_Shree]
HAHAHA I found this discussion so hit the target on me. Before, I used to be paranoid about being on the computer and somebody coming in. I feel silly about it but I do switch screens right away. Even though I'm not doing anything nasty on the computer, it's just like an automatic reaction for me. I think it's because I also want my privacy. It's like my own time when I am on the computer. For a while now, I've learned to be flexible and adjust myself. I am now more comfortable when there are some people around. Like when my nephew looks over my shoulder and looks at my computer screen, I don't mind at all. I even go on in telling him what's on my computer. [MariaD]
Hi, that happens to me too, at work and at home. At work because I cannot spend all day surfing the web and at home because I love to chat with other girls when my girlfriend isn't beside me checking all that I'm doing, so I think that my reasons to switch the screen is more reasonable. [Anchopy]
No I don't. I just never found it necessary. My kids are small as you know. My daughter isn't really interested in me at the computer. And it wouldn't bother me for my hubby to see what I do. I guess it hadn't occurred to me to switch. [ersmommy1]
No, I usually don't, my computer room is in the living room, so everybody sees whatever I'm looking at or doing, but its only my husband and I here, so I don't mind if he looks to see what I'm doing, I'm not doing anything wrong, I'm usually on Mylot when he looks...lol. [walijo2008]
Hi ronald, my son and I are the only ones who use my computer, so no neither of us switch the screen while we are in the room, he does his thing and I do mine lol...littleowl [littleowl]
Well, I live alone so I don't have to worry about that, unless Mija (my cat) knows what I'm doing.....! LOL! Another point to ponder is that I don't get on any websites that I would be ashamed to be on if I were around other people :) The more people I meet the more I love my cat :) Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija [kellyjeanne]
I also have the habit of switching screen when someone comes near to the computer I am using.I guess this is a kind of privacy. [sweetyethot]
it depends on the person who enters my room if its a person i dont like then i close or my browsers... and if its a close friends i do share what i do online. [carinio98]
i will tilt my laptop if i know he is looking to be nosy but usually i know he isnt looking at my screen so i dont mind.. it does get irritating some times since i am a privacy freak with it [moonlitmagikchild]
Can't say I have ever done this. I don't mind if my boyfriend knows what I am doing on the computer, I have nothing to hide from him. I do hate the feeling of someone reading over my shoulder though so if I feel he is doing this I will tell him to quite and if he wants to know what I am writing all he has to do is ask. Then usually he isn't interested anymore happy [messageme]
I always change screens but I don't know why, as I'm never on anything dodgy. I don't like people looking at my conversations, no matter who I'm talking to or what I'm saying! I'm not sure why.. I guess it's just a habit I've gotten myself into! [GemmaR]
my husband uses the same computer room as I do and he can see what I do and type on my screen and I dont mind one little bit. When I chat with someone I do that and when I browse through ebay why shouldnt he see and when I do paidmails or write in mylot he sees it as well. [book1962]
no! i dont or we dont switch off the screen.hubby and i has respect privacy.even he is watching porns i dont care. we dont even ask each other except if i need help something in my computer.we respect privacyhappy. [bombshell]
yes i watch with hubby.i gues nothing wrong about it.its just a spice of daily lifewinkhappy [bombshell]
Yes. I like my privacy. No, I am not watching porn. No, I'm not having an online affair, unless addiction to mylot is an affair. lol I do not like other's putting words in my mouth. Like, "oh, you shouldn't say that or you should say it that way". I have my own thoughts to express. When I was an Administrative Assistant/Secretary to the Manager, he would often get impatient, while I typed a letter he had just dictated to me, and hover around and behind me, watching my every move. It drove me nuts, threw off my concentration and made me nervous, so I ended up making more spelling mistakes. Finally, I couldn't take it any more and I told him, "Look, you'll get your letter faster if you just leave me alone to do it". So he left me to do what I was paid to do after that and he was always very happy with my work. And some people will read a few words you have typed and fill in the blanks in their own mind and ASSUME something ELSE entirely. Like my hubby, for example. He always assumes the worst. 2 days ago he was convinced that I was having an online affair. Yeah, right. WTF would make him think that? He says he's seen it on TV. Chatrooms and such. He sneaks up on me while I'm typing now and is always trying to see what is on my screen. Always asking me what I'm doing. Always suspicious. He's driving me nuts cause he's home from work over winter and bored out of his tree. Every time I try to discuss something I read or found online, he isn't interested. But now, suddenly, he is suspicious for no good reason. EGADS! What an idiot! [AnnieOakley1]
Thanks Ron.happy But I would rather he put his efforts into compliments or flowers to make me feel special, instead of feeling distrusted. [AnnieOakley1]
It depends if I told my husband that I'll just do my online banking but then I do something else LOL. I don't switch screens I just close it down so he won't see it. I use firefox so it's easy for him to see what I'm doing. While I'm at work, I have to switch to a tab that is empty so that nobody would see that I'm doing something else while I'm at my station LOL. A strategy that I learned when I got caught browsing the net. Hehe [yuna15]
Hmm I do the same. I hate others prying to know what I am doing even if it is harmless... [ronaldinu]
Nope I don't. because then just as you and your wife has issues with it so would hubby and I. So I just leave it be. Do you click the desktop button where everything goes down and only desktop shows? [mtdewgurl74]