I watch pornography on my computer when I should be working. Can my employer find out?

I am based at home not in an office. I have and pay for my own internet connection. The company does not pay for the ISP. But I log into company emails and the shared server, through a virtual private network. I always log off from the VPN when I look at porn, although even if I stayed logged in I can't see how I could be tracked that I am also looking at porn via my internet connection. Am I right in thinking that the company cannot know what I am looking at as I am online through my own ISP?

If you use your ISP to connect to the VPN and your browser routes traffic via the VPN then they can see what your doing.

Of course you can hide that (use tor for instance).

Remember if the VPN is established then your internet connection will go:
your pc --> your ISP --> your company servers --> the Internet

As long as you disconnect from the VPN your traffic should no longer go via their servers.

Of course they could have planted something on your PC to monitor your activity.

your good.

Yes, and most reputable companies will fire you for this as well they should.

Yes he can see it in the picture files that are downloaded by the IE to ensure a fast browser experience. You can delete those files safely.

as long as you log off vpn and pay our own isp bills, you should be ok. I would assume that it is illegal to track your history at your own home without your consent

Not only can your employer find out, they can track and use this offense as an excuse to fire you. Watch porn at home, keep it out of work.

Nope can't can't track your progress from home only if you go thorugh there server can they track your activity

Only if he catches you with your trousers down.

If you are paying for the PC, the connection and the ISP, then your employer can only ask you to use the system on their behalf if they actually pay for this. They cannot put additional tracer type software on your PC without your permission, and I would strongly advise that, if you are the owner of the equipment then you have the right to refuse such interference with your personal liberty.

Now, as long as you are not logged on to work when you do this surfing, your company has a) no idea what you're doing and b) cannot access your system.

I would recommend though, that you get the largest hard drive you can and partition it, with one half for work and the other for personal use. Then you can do as you please.

Using work time for leisure pursuits is wrong, but you are working from home, and therefore subject to less supervision.
Don't abuse this. You can always log off the VPN and infer that you had a temporary failure in your connection, especially if it is broadband.

They probably have no way of discovering what you are looking at, BUT, remember that everything you do on your computer can be traced. Even after formatting a hard drive what you have done on your computer can be discovered.
The golden rule :- if you don't want anyone to know what you are up to - Don't put it on a computer.