You agreed that your employer should be able to check that the devices you use to connect to its network are not rooted. You quibbled over the definition of "your device" against the HN guidelines. When you ask most people whose phone or laptop is on a table, they'll say it's theirs, not that it's Company X's device that they are using to do work for that company.
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."
> You agreed that your employer should be able to check that the devices you use to connect to its network are not rooted.
Okay I see the issue. No I do not agree with that. I'm saying if they want that guarantee then they can isolate the network. But if they don't isolate the network then it's all on them, they do not get to check all devices.
That's why my point is not just a quibble.
Also responding to the strongest interpretation sometimes means making that interpretation explicit, to make sure everyone is on the same page. In this case making the actual ownership clear. I'm not trying to dunk on you or whatever.
I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just trying to make it very clear that nobody else should have a say in my device.
And a check for rooting against my knowledge probably becomes a check for rooting at all very quickly.
You agreed that your employer should be able to check that the devices you use to connect to its network are not rooted. You quibbled over the definition of "your device" against the HN guidelines. When you ask most people whose phone or laptop is on a table, they'll say it's theirs, not that it's Company X's device that they are using to do work for that company.
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."
> You agreed that your employer should be able to check that the devices you use to connect to its network are not rooted.
Okay I see the issue. No I do not agree with that. I'm saying if they want that guarantee then they can isolate the network. But if they don't isolate the network then it's all on them, they do not get to check all devices.
That's why my point is not just a quibble.
Also responding to the strongest interpretation sometimes means making that interpretation explicit, to make sure everyone is on the same page. In this case making the actual ownership clear. I'm not trying to dunk on you or whatever.
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