Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned out I’d been fired

Re:Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned ou... by kevstev on Friday December 02, 2022 @03:43PM (#33836606)

Mostly because we generally work during the same business hours other people are? If you ever have to deal with an insurance issue, sign a lease, take out or refinance a mortgage, buy a car... etc... its probable that you will have to print something out at the office, sign it, scan it and send it back to someone- and now its essentially open for the company to read. Even if you aren't downloading and printing something, even logging into a website is more or less the same thing for a determined snooper. Sometimes its just a matter of convenience, but it can add an irritating delay or worse.

I try to avoid it as much as possible, but its unavoidable in at least some cases. I am not going to take a day off of work just because I have to call about a billing issue and need to login to my account to give the details to a service representative.

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Re:Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned ou... by kadoban on Friday December 02, 2022 @06:10PM (#33838226)

For me, I can do 99.9% of things on my phone. I can't remember the last time I had to actually print something.

I guess my experience must not match others', fair enough.

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Re:Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned ou... by reaperducer on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:41PM (#33839416)

I guess my experience must not match others', fair enough

At least you can admit it. Things I've needed a printer for in recent months, off the top of my head:

- Filing a reimbursement claim for going to an out-of-network healthcare provider.

- Filing a reimbursement claim for contact lenses.

- Filing legal paperwork with the county clerk.

- Getting a certified death certificate.

- Change of address without paying a fee.

- Letter to the local postmaster.

- Paperwork for claiming an inheritance through a probate court.

- Printing a shipping label.

- Filing a zoning application.

- Life insurance forms.

The more you adult, the more you discover that you still need paper.

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