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I love the shocked Pikachu face when I show up at someone's desk, let them know their laptop is part of an ongoing investigation, and IT will be by soon to give

by mike_d 5y ago

I love the shocked Pikachu face when I show up at someone's desk, let them know their laptop is part of an ongoing investigation, and IT will be by soon to give them a new one.

GekkePrutser 5y ago
How does that work these days when people no longer work at their desk in the office? Just one of the many ways that dual-use is becoming more common. And OSes are increasing their abilities for it too. Mobile OSes are already great at separation. Windows is coming along slowly with Windows Information Protection and Azure Information Protection. Mac has user enrolment but it's in its infancy, sadly.
- wil421 5y ago
  Your companies lawyers or personnel security people call you and say your devices are being placed on a legal hold. Don’t deleted anything or you might have to deal with the courts. The large MegaCorp I work for had some training that included stuff about lawsuits.
  - GekkePrutser 5y ago
    Ok yeah we do get that sometimes in our company but it's always triggered by external causes (some supplier being unhappy about a deal or something, they never tell me the full story). So it only affects people dealing with external parties. And always in the US, never seen it anywhere else. Though it seems to be increasingly prevalent there.
- mike_d 5y ago
  They are using company owned assets, or devices that the company has an interest in. For example one of my former employers paid a percentage of your monthly cell phone bill as part of the BYOD program, which also involved you agreeing to turn over and unlock the device on request. You can also be compelled by the courts to surrender a device that holds information relevant to a civil or criminal matter. For example sending text messages to a coworker on your personal phone about how you are going to coordinate your efforts to block someone's promotion.
sagichmal 5y ago
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ric2b 5y ago
Unless you actually have rogue employees I'm guessing you'll be able to do this once or twice before you get told to stop making people lose an afternoon or even entire days of productive work because of bullshit like that.

by mike_d 5y ago

I love the shocked Pikachu face when I show up at someone's desk, let them know their laptop is part of an ongoing investigation, and IT will be by soon to give them a new one.

GekkePrutser 5y ago

How does that work these days when people no longer work at their desk in the office? Just one of the many ways that dual-use is becoming more common. And OSes are increasing their abilities for it too. Mobile OSes are already great at separation. Windows is coming along slowly with Windows Information Protection and Azure Information Protection. Mac has user enrolment but it's in its infancy, sadly.

wil421 5y ago
Your companies lawyers or personnel security people call you and say your devices are being placed on a legal hold. Don’t deleted anything or you might have to deal with the courts. The large MegaCorp I work for had some training that included stuff about lawsuits.
- GekkePrutser 5y ago
  Ok yeah we do get that sometimes in our company but it's always triggered by external causes (some supplier being unhappy about a deal or something, they never tell me the full story). So it only affects people dealing with external parties. And always in the US, never seen it anywhere else. Though it seems to be increasingly prevalent there.
mike_d 5y ago
They are using company owned assets, or devices that the company has an interest in. For example one of my former employers paid a percentage of your monthly cell phone bill as part of the BYOD program, which also involved you agreeing to turn over and unlock the device on request. You can also be compelled by the courts to surrender a device that holds information relevant to a civil or criminal matter. For example sending text messages to a coworker on your personal phone about how you are going to coordinate your efforts to block someone's promotion.

sagichmal 5y ago

this_definitely_happened.txt

ric2b 5y ago

Unless you actually have rogue employees I'm guessing you'll be able to do this once or twice before you get told to stop making people lose an afternoon or even entire days of productive work because of bullshit like that.