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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by usui on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:19PM (#22729261)
What does this mean?
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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by sbarre on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:23PM (#22729301)
I believe he's referencing European privacy laws in an unnecessarily oblique manner.
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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by cheeze on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:22PM (#22729286)
adwww is implying that this would be illegal in EU (unsure if that is true or not) and is "greeting" the other poster saying "hey, I'm European too"
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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by adwww on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:25PM (#22731371)
> this would be illegal in EU

Not quite, but privacy rules that protect employees from overzealous employers are common in most European nations (EU or not), to varying degrees.

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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by bmn__ on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:14PM (#22731249)
It's a snowclone/memetic mutation of the "Laughs in Spanish" meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/laughs-in-spanish
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