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Messaging Client Installed onto a USB Drive?

RdrRdr RiderRegistered User regular
edited March 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
I work at a job where they like to use Websense and blocks out 90% of the internets.

A couple years ago I thought I read somewhere that Pidgin could be installed on a thumb drive and used from there but when I try to Google for info I can't find anything.

If someone knows of a instant messenger like Pidgin or a way to connect to aim/gtalk on a thumb drive please let me know.

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    UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    If it is blocked on the network, you will still not be able to do messaging. Not being able to install a program isn't the same thing as not being able to use a specific network-based service.

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    VistiVisti Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Yeah, that's not gonna do much good. Can you use MSN web messenger?

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Try http://imo.im

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Also, they might fire you. They'll certainly know that you brought in a thumb drive in order to use some network software that they deliberately blocked; it goes through their network.

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    lunchbox12682lunchbox12682 MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    However, everyone else is probably right about the network being blocked.

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    Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator mod
    edited March 2010
    Sorry, but this isn't the place to ask how to circumvent your workplace's security measures. Maybe if you did more work and less slacking off, you wouldn't feel the need to chat on your company's dime. Just a thought.

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