[cbraz]

Any company can install a reporting agent on their desktops and that will collect basic information like what .exe files have been executed.

Once a portable app shows up in the reports you are simply fired by blatant disregard for the rules and procedures you agreed to when signing your contract.

Finance is a heavily regulated environment and you can't get away with things that would be excusable in other places.

[ShabbosGoy]

> Once a portable app shows up in the reports you are simply fired by blatant disregard for the rules and procedures you agreed to when signing your contract.

That seems to be a rather extreme clause; I doubt that a bank would care if a developer installed something that was not whitelisted. It would be a different story if the developer linked against code whose source was not easily attributable.

[5ilv3r]

Why do you doubt that? Is it unreasonable? Students are subject to the same restrictions now.