Do you lock your PC monitor in work when stepping away?

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Anytime I’m stepping away from my monitor, for example, if I’m going on my tea break or nipping to the loo, I always lock my monitor.

I’d like to think my colleagues would be more mature, but I wouldn’t like the idea of them going on my account whilst I’m away and looking through my files and emails, some are confidential.

I don’t ever really see my colleagues lock their monitors when they step away, they always seem to just leave them open and anyone could access their accounts.

Do people actually lock their monitors or is it just me?

If the company has bothered to train their staff at all, then everyone should lock them. It’s like leaving your front door open

Yes but it is a requirement where I work so it is automatic I have done it for so many years now I lock it even when working by my own!

I do. There might be confidential information on the screen (I work in HR).

No I can't say as I do.

Always. It is literally four key strokes.

Always here too.

A requirement where I work too.

I used to when I worked in an office - it was policy and if you didn’t could lead to a warning. I wfh now so I don’t both anymore.

Yup! Even do it when working from home 😂 ingrained habit 🤷‍♀️

Yes i work in a regulated industry, it's drummed into us.

Only 2 keystrokes if you use windows key + L
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At 16yo I got a summer job in a bank. They trained me to lock my computer when leaving it, it's stuck with me forever and is habit now

'Windows' 'L' every time, it's just muscle memory now, even when WFH alone in the house.

windows L

yes, always

Same. I WFH alone in the house, still lock it!

Always here too. Mandatory requirement..

But it's even quicker with keyboard shortcuts - windows key and L

Yes we do, we also have auto locking based on proximity/attentiveness which employees can use if wanted, but they are not obligated to.

Leaving it unlocked is against our security policy and result in disciplinary measures.

It's only 2 - Windows key + L (but lower case)!

I always lock mine after working in compliance! And clear my desk at the end of the working day.

Some people are morons - I’ve worked in an office where someone went to the toilet and someone else then used the toilet person’s computer to write a stupid email to everyone in the company. So yes, lock it. You never know who is a stupid prat. DH worked in an office where the wallets were nicked from coat pockets (coat rack by a bunch of their desks).

Yes, absolutely, and work settings will auto lock it after 10 mins of inactivity in case I don't.

Yes, always. Even when it's still in view and I go to the printer.
Even when WFH and alone in the house.

It should be drilled into everyone. It's common sense.

God yes, for us it was simply by pulling our chipped ID card out of the reader and the computer is locked down instantly. In fact it was a disciplinary if you forgot to do this and we were all remotely monitored by legit spy ware so they knew if you didn’t do it. This same spy ware also ensured we didn’t access any prohibited sites or spend our work day surfing the web, etc.

Use the Windows key and ‘L’ and it’s only 2 keys (doesn’t have to be a cap, I just wanted to distinguish from ‘I’).

also Windows key and ‘m’ closes all the windows if you just don’t want someone who comes over to talk to see what you have open. .

Yes every time, in the office and WFH.

Always! Work in schools and it's negligent not to, with all the stuff you have access to.