Re:Ask HN: Do you backup your data when leaving a company?
by Someone1234 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:42PM
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That sounds exactly like "pulling a Levandowski."
But also, no, because I have a simple rule: Don't store personal data on company property (including logins/session cookies). When I leave every night, if I never got access to that PC again it shouldn't matter.
I do occasionally log into public websites using personal credentials. But the way the browser is configured, they're ephemeral (meaning if the browser is closed/PC powers off, they no longer exist; this is all trivial with via Firefox's config pro-tip: Set browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash to false).
As to taking stuff with me: Memories. I highly doubt I'd ever want to read inter-company email years later even if I could, I cannot see the nostalgia value there. Plus it is illegal.
But also, no, because I have a simple rule: Don't store personal data on company property (including logins/session cookies). When I leave every night, if I never got access to that PC again it shouldn't matter.
I do occasionally log into public websites using personal credentials. But the way the browser is configured, they're ephemeral (meaning if the browser is closed/PC powers off, they no longer exist; this is all trivial with via Firefox's config pro-tip: Set browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash to false).
As to taking stuff with me: Memories. I highly doubt I'd ever want to read inter-company email years later even if I could, I cannot see the nostalgia value there. Plus it is illegal.