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I don't think they're doing this to save money on Comcast bills
by bagacrap 3y ago
I don't think they're doing this to save money on Comcast bills
- freedude 3y agoNo, but they might be doing it to save on incident response, time wasting, protect IP, and meet a certain security standard in the future.
- cglong 3y agoI don't mean to say it's about cost savings; I meant that they're choosing the most expedient approach to this problem at the expense of employee happiness.
- bagacrap 3y agoI'm pretty sure employees will not be cut off from the external web altogether. They can use it at home, they can use it on their phone while at work, they're not living like digital hermits. So how happiness plays into this decision is not clear to me. They're probably allowed to use separate devices (i.e. sans corporate credentials) to access the outside web when they need to look up specs, SO questions, etc. This is just about air gapping critical systems. I really have no idea why this is even a news item worth reporting, and jumping at the opportunity to criticize Google for this is a bit of a knee jerk HN reaction imo.