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I used to work at a company that hired temps off Craigslist to do fairly sensitive healthcare work. The economics and extreme seasonality made that the only via
by tyxodiwktis 6y ago
I used to work at a company that hired temps off Craigslist to do fairly sensitive healthcare work. The economics and extreme seasonality made that the only viable approach. Software like this was absolutely critical to limiting what people could do and preventing things like identity theft etc. Strong deterrent effect too- during orientation they would show people exactly what they could see. Not great in a general work environment with FTEs but these tools have legitimate uses.
- pphysch 6y agoHIPAA compliance requires these sort of measures to be taken anywhere, not just at home. This is rather unrelated to general-propose "bossware".
- snuxoll 6y agoI work for a HIPAA covered entity - software such as this is not even close to required to meet our compliance obligations. If I found we were trying to deploy it I would fight tooth and nail to protect the dignity of my coworkers and myself, and if they failed you better believe I would have a new position lined up within a week. “Bossware” like this is not a security tool, it’s a way for micro-managers and ass-in-seat bosses to be more effective in their misguided management styles.
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- novok 6y agoAt least they are transparent about what they can do. Many if not most companies are surreptitious about it, including the FANGs.
- temporaryvector 6y agoI've always been a bit curious, do these types of programs make any attempt to identify whether they're running in a VM?
- jedieaston 6y agoThey could, but since so much of healthcare sits inside Citrix these days, it's unlikely that in OP's scenario it would've mattered. It's pretty easy to find out if you are running in a VM on Windows though, so I bet they do.
- Kaze404 6y agoIt's also just as easy to hide it.
- gentleman11 6y agoAgreed, but for every legitimate use case there are 10,000 that are just invasive and manipulative
- deeblering4 6y agoNot hiring temps off craigslist to do sensitive healthcare work seems like a pretty viable approach, too.
- rexpop 6y agoIncredible how shamelessly that comment suggests two wrongs might make a right.
- microcolonel 6y ago> Incredible how shamelessly that comment suggests two wrongs might make a right. It's almost as though there's nothing to be ashamed of, and these two compromises together actually do make a right.
- kube-system 6y agoIt really depends on what it is. There's a lot more to healthcare jobs than just salaried people with post-secondary degrees.
- tyxodiwktis 6y agoUnfortunately everyone in the space does it. Hiring 200 FT with benefits that you only have work for during two months a year will quickly put you out of business.
- AstralStorm 6y agoYou could be the company that does not and gets as big as SAP. (Which does not.)
- koheripbal 6y agoNot a lot of career oriented people want to do data entry.
- titzer 6y agoI'm sorry, that company does what? It is absolutely insane that temps off Craigslist could be trusted with such sensitive information under any circumstances. That company is asking for a data breach and to be sued into oblivion. The fundamental problem here is that that company is cutting corners to save money. Full stop.
- kube-system 6y agoUnder HIPAA laws, basically any healthcare data is "sensitive" data. An "extremely seasonal" healthcare job that deals with "sensitive data" could be someone that works in a call center that answers questions about health insurance -- just my guess.
- tyxodiwktis 6y agoPer other note, everyone in the space does it. It’s a fairly commodity business so paying more or keeping people all year when there are only two months of work would put them out of business quickly. If anything it’s a flaw in the underlying law that creates that seasonality
- Spooky23 6y agoIt's healthcare, nothing makes sense. A trained ape reading a script for insurance enrollment is handling "sensitive" data, but your prescription history is sold in real-time to data brokers.
- noneeeed 6y agoI'm really curious, what sort of healthcare admin work is seasonal like this?