Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor

Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by JohnFen on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:44PM (#19424453)

> i've never heard of any place in tech that drug tested that didn't involve getting a security clearance

If the company is accepting US government contracts, and you would be working on a team under such a contract, then the company is likely to be required to drug test you even if a security clearance is not required.

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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by notfromhere on Monday March 18, 2019 @06:03PM (#19425805)

That's actually pretty rare. I've worked at places that did government contracting and none of the teams directly servicing those contracts were tested, neither was anyone else at the company.

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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by JohnFen on Monday March 18, 2019 @07:33PM (#19426445)

Thanks for the correction. I was really just going by what I've heard from colleagues, but my specialty is network security and the requirements may (or may not) be stricter there.

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