Then Slack should (and indeed, does) have special processes for handing over private conversations when served with a warrant, subpoena, court order, etc. "The

Then Slack should (and indeed, does) have special processes for handing over private conversations when served with a warrant, subpoena, court order, etc. "The FBI should be able to do it with probably cause" and "your employer should be able to do it whenever they feel like" are radically different. And I don't disagree that the company owns it and should have the right to do whatever they want with the things they own. But the employees should also have the right to think that's shitty, and companies should have the ability to demonstrate their lack of shittiness to their employees by configuring their environment in such a way that a higher barrier exists to snooping. This change doesn't actually make a new thing possible; Slack had a "compliance mode" before that companies could opt into, but it wasn't the default, and users were notified if it was enabled. This change just limits companies abilities not to have snoop mode turned on.