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That's bizarre or just shoddy IT. Every major platform has remote wipe and self destruct capabilities, control over full disk encryption, etc. I guess they le
by qbasic_forever 3y ago
That's bizarre or just shoddy IT. Every major platform has remote wipe and self destruct capabilities, control over full disk encryption, etc. I guess they let people bring their own devices and just not follow solid IT practices?
- flakeoil 3y agoWell, to properly erase (multiple overwrites and erase) I suppose IT would need to get the computer back for a while so it can fully complete without the employee removing the IT tool which can handle this removal. Secondly, would you want to have a computer which your previous employer can wipe your disk at any time? So all in all probably a good thing for both parties.
- qbasic_forever 3y agoIf it's full disk encrypted then wiping and rewiping doesn't matter as much. As soon as the keys are trashed the data might as well be all zeros. Remote wipe is the whole point, it's not a goodbye gift to the employee... it's protecting company secrets. Wipe it and tell people to trash the machine as e-waste or send it back, it doesn't matter anymore.
- hbn 3y agoThey can't remote wipe it if you don't connect to the internet.
- qbasic_forever 3y agoWhich is why you have short lived (less than a week) certs that have to be renewed only by access to the corporate network before you can even power on and unlock the machine's drive encryption.