Re:The military loved Discord for Gen Z recruiting. Then the...
by warner25 on Saturday April 15, 2023 @01:46PM
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> Am I misremembering? Maybe it was only that no warrant was required to monitor me on company systems...
I've only been in uniform, not worked for private defense contractors, but it should be this. On government systems, websites, etc. you're subject to monitoring, and a prominent banner reminds you of this every time you logon. All web traffic on NIPRNet goes through a proxy that breaks TLS to do inspection. Your .mil email and files on your government device(s) can be scanned. Even a low level (like, 19 year-old E-2 with a Sec+ certificate) sysadmin can manage accounts in Active Directory and browse any machine on the domain through C$ administrative shares.
This doesn't apply to your personal devices unless you've brought them somewhere that they shouldn't go, or there's other reason to believe that you've done something bad with them.
Am I misremembering? Maybe it was only that no warrant was required to monitor me on company systems, but (it's been 20 years), I thought I was generally signing away an expectation of privacy in exchange for access to classified information. (So, indirectly gaining extra pay, job security, and access to interesting technology in exchange for signing away privacy... not sure how I feel about that 20 years later, but it seemed a good trade at the time.)
If I'm remembering things properly, no extra legislation is necessary for monitoring people with DoD security clearances. Even if monitoring were warranted, I believe these powers already exist to cover this case, and any extra legislation is a power grab.