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Themselves. I'm saying developers (and employees in general) should not do any personal stuff on work machines or any work stuff on personal machines. This has

Themselves. I'm saying developers (and employees in general) should not do any personal stuff on work machines or any work stuff on personal machines. This has benefits for the employee, not just the company, in that it keeps the employees personal data out of the hands of the IT department.

macintux 4y ago
Exactly. I was on a meeting a couple of years ago and the co-worker who was presenting his desktop received a personal iMessage that flashed for everyone to see.
- ptudan 4y ago
  yeah but that's solved by disabling notifications before presenting.
  - macintux 4y ago
    True, but that’s just one of several reasons I’m reluctant to share work and personal activity on a single computer. I certainly wouldn’t conduct a job search on a work computer.
pcthrowaway 4y ago
It makes it a bit harder to travel with two laptops, which is one of the nice advantages of working from home.. but I'm otherwise in support of this. This might just result in employees finding ways to remote access their work computer from their personal computer from wherever they are, but at least that's an additional wall for would-be attackers to hurdle.
ptudan 4y ago
Nahhhhh, I gotta browse the internet to be effective. That requires me logging into random sites with personal logins. I don't install anything personal on my work computer, but I wouldn't hesitate to open an email or pdf from a seemingly trusted source. I don't really blame the dev here. What you propose is a reasonable solution, but I feel like it slams in the face of actual human behavior. Most people act the way I describe, even most tech professionals.
- mh0pe 4y ago
  I work in conjunction with this segment of the industry. You can do it, but don't be surprised when you can't recover anything in a termination suit.

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Themselves. I'm saying developers (and employees in general) should not do any personal stuff on work machines or any work stuff on personal machines. This has

by Volundr 4y ago

macintux 4y ago
Exactly. I was on a meeting a couple of years ago and the co-worker who was presenting his desktop received a personal iMessage that flashed for everyone to see.
- ptudan 4y ago
  yeah but that's solved by disabling notifications before presenting.
  - macintux 4y ago
    True, but that’s just one of several reasons I’m reluctant to share work and personal activity on a single computer. I certainly wouldn’t conduct a job search on a work computer.
pcthrowaway 4y ago
It makes it a bit harder to travel with two laptops, which is one of the nice advantages of working from home.. but I'm otherwise in support of this. This might just result in employees finding ways to remote access their work computer from their personal computer from wherever they are, but at least that's an additional wall for would-be attackers to hurdle.
ptudan 4y ago
Nahhhhh, I gotta browse the internet to be effective. That requires me logging into random sites with personal logins. I don't install anything personal on my work computer, but I wouldn't hesitate to open an email or pdf from a seemingly trusted source. I don't really blame the dev here. What you propose is a reasonable solution, but I feel like it slams in the face of actual human behavior. Most people act the way I describe, even most tech professionals.
- mh0pe 4y ago
  I work in conjunction with this segment of the industry. You can do it, but don't be surprised when you can't recover anything in a termination suit.