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Recall that these are instructions to employees – the company's first obligation is to protect the company, not the employees. Wiping work data is simply a mean
by mstade 9y ago
Recall that these are instructions to employees – the company's first obligation is to protect the company, not the employees. Wiping work data is simply a means of limiting liability. Should sensitive data leak out due to a laptop getting seized at the border that's a lot more serious to the company than if your nudes were stolen.
- cmrdporcupine 9y agoContrast this with my employer's advice: cooperate fully with the authorities, our lawyers can and will defend the company, we are more concerned about your safety. Telling people to work travel and then telling them to not bring work data seems like you should have told them not to travel at all?
- rapind 9y agoRetracted. Misread the article. Apologies.
- cmrdporcupine 9y agoI think you're being deliberately obtuse and argumentative. I never mentioned personal time travel. The context is an article telling people not to bring work data with them when traveling for work/professional functions. If you're traveling for work, and your company can't guarantee your safe and reasonably comfortable travel to that destination in a work capacity -- they should recommend you not go.
- rapind 9y agoAgreed, they shouldn't be asking them to go in a work capacity. I misunderstood your objection as them not having a right to ask their employees to remove data before personal travel.
- cmrdporcupine 9y agoSorry I'd delete and edit my comment but it's too late now.
- ajdlinux 9y agoI don't think Basecamp's advice is telling people not to cooperate fully with authorities for the sake of your safety - it's merely noting that there's a significant risk of loss of control of valuable or sensitive commercial information in such interactions that can be mitigated.