Re:Gitlab phished its own work-from-home staff, and 1 in 5 f...
by usr1106 on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:45AM
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> Also, please remember, it's not your laptop, it's company's laptop
Correct.
> Anybody within the company with correct credential would have the right to touch that laptop.
That is only partially correct. In many European countries people enjoy quite some protection also in work life. So in order not to do anything illegal the employer has to carefully control access rights to your PC. And the ones who have access rights cannot do whatever. Reading emails is typically illegal, yes emails on the work account! (Just to mention the legal concepts; of course in today's architecture emails are rarely stored on your PC)
I understand in the US employees enjoy little protection while at work. I could guess video surveillance in the toilets could still be unacceptable. Just to make the point, even if the location, paper and water is paid by the employer and more importantly the time is paid, it shouldn't be like that that the employer controls everything. (Although there have been reports that Amazon warehouse workers in the UK use bottles for their needs, because the employer does not provide for more human arrangements in practice. Some employers are always worse than others and that's why I have stopped ordering from that company.)
Correct.
> Anybody within the company with correct credential would have the right to touch that laptop.
That is only partially correct. In many European countries people enjoy quite some protection also in work life. So in order not to do anything illegal the employer has to carefully control access rights to your PC. And the ones who have access rights cannot do whatever. Reading emails is typically illegal, yes emails on the work account! (Just to mention the legal concepts; of course in today's architecture emails are rarely stored on your PC)
I understand in the US employees enjoy little protection while at work. I could guess video surveillance in the toilets could still be unacceptable. Just to make the point, even if the location, paper and water is paid by the employer and more importantly the time is paid, it shouldn't be like that that the employer controls everything. (Although there have been reports that Amazon warehouse workers in the UK use bottles for their needs, because the employer does not provide for more human arrangements in practice. Some employers are always worse than others and that's why I have stopped ordering from that company.)