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I recently switched jobs. When I put in notice at my previous employer there was some sort of miscommunication with IT about my last day and I was shut out 2 da
by jcomis 5y ago
I recently switched jobs. When I put in notice at my previous employer there was some sort of miscommunication with IT about my last day and I was shut out 2 days early, before I had a chance to wipe everything or even log out of my personal stuff (in their own chrome instance). They were not willing to undo it, but assured me everything would be instantly wiped once they received it. Couple days later I decide to check my google accounts for some other purpose and see an active session in the city where I mailed back my machine to. Same with a few other accounts. Was not thrilled with that.
- Sebb767 5y agoWhy didn't you remotely terminate that session? The activity might just be that the laptop connected to the internet, but I'd still consider changing passwords.
- treesknees 5y agoI use an encrypted linux VM with a VPN on my company Mac for anything personal like listening to music or checking email. At least if they were to suddenly lock me out of my Mac, the personal data would be encrypted. If they had a problem with me doing this, I just delete a single disk image file and everything is gone.
- DrammBA 5y agoWould you mind sharing more details about that "encrypted linux VM with a VPN", I would like to get something similar going on my company macbook.
- treesknees 5y agoI'm using VMware and it allows for encrypting the disk image and locking the settings behind a password. Within the VM, I'm using disk encryption so that the filesystem is secure. And then I run my own WireGuard VPN and I've setup network manager to auto connect so my traffic traverses the VPN. I'm sure there are better ways to setup the VPN but it works for what I wanted it for.
- neRok 5y agoI wish there was a way to do that natively with Firefox, whereby a whole profile is encrypted and password protected. Most personal things I do on work PC are through the browser, so if the profile were protected, it would be problem-solved.
- ViViDboarder 5y agoOh wow. So they aren’t encrypting the devices or they have a master key? We use Apple laptops at my work and when somehow I messed up changing my login credentials, the only recourse was to wipe the device because it couldn’t be decrypted.
- kstrauser 5y agoJamf, for instance, lets me configure a policy like “use FileVault to encrypt all laptops, and also escrow an encryption key”. I can decrypt any encrypted work laptops if needed.