Comment by loeg
19 hours ago
For context, when the article says "a list of work-related apps and websites," this includes Google properties like gmail, docs, etc, and social media websites like Facebook and Instagram, with no provision for excluding personal accounts.
No one intelligent should be logging into their personal accounts on their work devices in any case - it's always been the case (at least in the US) that companies can do whatever invasive scanning they want on devices they own.
Meta forces employees to use personal Facebook accounts at work.
This hasn’t been true for 8+ years.
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Everyone here is slightly wrong.
Meta does require you to have a Facebook account. The expectation is that it is your personal fb that you use regularly. However, it doesn’t need to be. You can create a new fb account with a new gmail account and that’s fine. That’s what I did and some others do as well.
That said, 90%+ of employees end up using their real personal account because the language they use makes it seem like you couldn’t do what I described.
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No they do not lol.
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At meta your personal FB account is your work account. I had to create one to get paid. It’s the same identity used in internal systems.
Yes, but, so what? It isn't a license to train AI on employee personal information.
That said -- social media websites were later removed from the "work-related" list. So there was at least some recognition it was overreach and did not match the stated justification.
You know you are at work and monitored.
You can browser personal accounts from your phone.
Yeah automatically assume everything on your work computer is available for your employer to see. And everything you do on your own device when connected to their WiFi or VPN.
I’m surprised this needs to be said out loud.
on your phone not connected to corp wifi
That doesn't matter anymore unless they have an SSL proxy. If you have ECH/ODoH anyway.
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And Ideally not connected to company WiFi
>You know you are at work and monitored.
unless you're in a jurisdiction that has anti-surveillance workplace laws, which if you don't should probably think about before Mark Zuckerberg gets the idea to monitor to your body temperature from below the waistline
- workplace being monitored (US)
- getting paid half the salary (EU)
I know which one most people pick.