Looks like I misremembered and it wasn&#x27;t a kernel extension. It was a product called SafeConnect by Impulse. Based on the instructions I can find, it doesn&#x27;t seem to require root so it must not be a kernel extension. But on contemporary Unix-y systems like OS X and GNU &#x2F; Linux, pretty much all your privacy is gone if there is a rogue process running as you. You don&#x27;t need root.<p>In any case, my attitude was that it was their network and they could put any restrictions on it, although they may be in <i>very</i> bad taste.