Comment by yjftsjthsd-h
1 year ago
My work puts a big banner on the login screen that says up front that they can and will record and monitor everything on this machine. And IMO that's fine, because it's their machine. If they wanted to do that to my machine it would be a problem.
No place I’ve worked has ever told their employees that they do this, but most of them do. Some employees I’ve spoken to are quite surprised that their “encrypted” connections are being monitored.
People should probably read their employment agreements and IT usage policy. I'd be surprised if it's not written somewhere.
Besides which, using someone else's computer with an expectation of privacy is the wrong expectation.
I agree it's legally fine, but morally/socially there are ways to go-too-far.
there's nothing wrong with corporations tracking use of their hardware.
they have to watch for data exfiltration and attempts to download malware, etc.
don't use a corporate device for anything you don't want work to see.
use your own. that's not a hard ask.
> there's nothing wrong with corporations tracking use of their hardware.
As written, that means they can secretly enable the camera and microphone to surveil my house, supposedly to check the usage (or non-usage) of the hardware.
Surely that's very "wrong", if not also illegal in most places. Not everything about or near the hardware is fair game.
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My rights are not subordinate to my company's, if anything it should be the reverse. My employment contract is intended for mutual benefit and the company also reserves the right to privacy from me in some things, even things in the scope of my employment. It should be acceptable to do things outside the scope of your employment using corporate devices, and you should retain a reasonable expectation of privacy when doing so.
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It's "fine" in the way that I would leave that company at the first opportunity.