>>> The building was evacuated many times in the weeks after 9/11 and still has very tight security procedures.
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>>Almost forgot about that. And glad I did. The most easily forgotten pleasure of telecommuting: no security procedures to go through when coming to work, no Cerberus to let you in, no cards to slide, no keys to fumble for, perfect. And you can drop by your workplace around midnight, if you want, without anyone bothering to raise an eyebrow, let alone activate the sirens.
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>Just every security known to mankind to get through the firewall to connect remotely (and slow down your speed in the process):

But I'm not programming remotely - no remoting software offers dual monitors - and even when I do it's not the connection that makes it slower (despite firewalls and virus scanners (wanted to type scammers :) on both ends), it's the speed of the server itself. With source control, I work in my own space and just sync the ready bits. Not a problem.

As to remoting to customers' machines, in some cases it wouldn't even be feasible from an office: due to timezones, it may be necessary to connect to a remote box at 2AM - and risk getting arrested for trying to enter the office building at that time.