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Delete Your Slack Workspace

49 points by cdme 2y ago

al_borland 2y ago
The first thing my mind jumps to is a boss asking their new Slack AI assistant for a list of employees who have used Slack to speak negatively about the boss or company... and that's the new list of people to lay off.
- talldayo 2y ago
  "SolidGoldMagikarp, you did our business good service. Unfortunately, preliminary research has correlated you with over a thousand instances of under-performance and a number of disparaging claims we hesitate to repeat here. First we intend to ask you to resign, and if you refu- wait, what do you mean the call is empty?"
- blibble 2y ago
  indeed I don't see industrial scale privacy laundering is any different to the current industrial scale copyright laundering by the parasitic tech companies
- OptionOfT 2y ago
  Forgive the Reddit link. Microsoft already tried something like detecting people who are thinking of leaving: https://new.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/v3b2mn/microsoft_introducing_ways_to_detect_people/ https://new.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/v3b2mn/microsoft_... Thankfully they pulled it. But it's a line in the sand that shouldn't be crossed, yet slowly the line is being moved.
  - al_borland 2y ago
    My company has some kind of system to try and alert managers when an employee is at risk of leaving, but I have on idea what they are using to determine that. I've been at risk for a while and no one has talked to me about it.
    - dpig_ 2y ago
      The cameras at the entrance to the building run some sentiment analysis on your face at 8am.
- ohnoitsahuman 2y ago
  Happens. My team was starting to get weird and found the sociopath malcontent by digging through the Mattermost database. Mattermost does make it hard, in their favor.
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moi2388 2y ago
There needs to be serious effort on developing laws that protect individuals from any of their data being used for any reason without explicit opt in
- jackhab 2y ago
  Such law already exists and it goes like this: if you don't want your data to be used don't post it on the Internet. It works perfectly. Every single time. Try it.
  - moi2388 2y ago
    Right. You do realise all your finances are in your bank and that’s all online right? Same with most health information. Or your child’s beach pictures. I do not think I should be allowed to access or use any of that without your consent
rgrieselhuber 2y ago
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49 points by cdme 2y ago

The first thing my mind jumps to is a boss asking their new Slack AI assistant for a list of employees who have used Slack to speak negatively about the boss or company... and that's the new list of people to lay off.

talldayo 2y ago
"SolidGoldMagikarp, you did our business good service. Unfortunately, preliminary research has correlated you with over a thousand instances of under-performance and a number of disparaging claims we hesitate to repeat here. First we intend to ask you to resign, and if you refu- wait, what do you mean the call is empty?"
blibble 2y ago
indeed I don't see industrial scale privacy laundering is any different to the current industrial scale copyright laundering by the parasitic tech companies
OptionOfT 2y ago
Forgive the Reddit link. Microsoft already tried something like detecting people who are thinking of leaving: https://new.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/v3b2mn/microsoft_introducing_ways_to_detect_people/ https://new.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/v3b2mn/microsoft_... Thankfully they pulled it. But it's a line in the sand that shouldn't be crossed, yet slowly the line is being moved.
- al_borland 2y ago
  My company has some kind of system to try and alert managers when an employee is at risk of leaving, but I have on idea what they are using to determine that. I've been at risk for a while and no one has talked to me about it.
  - dpig_ 2y ago
    The cameras at the entrance to the building run some sentiment analysis on your face at 8am.
ohnoitsahuman 2y ago
Happens. My team was starting to get weird and found the sociopath malcontent by digging through the Mattermost database. Mattermost does make it hard, in their favor.

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moi2388 2y ago

There needs to be serious effort on developing laws that protect individuals from any of their data being used for any reason without explicit opt in

jackhab 2y ago
Such law already exists and it goes like this: if you don't want your data to be used don't post it on the Internet. It works perfectly. Every single time. Try it.
- moi2388 2y ago
  Right. You do realise all your finances are in your bank and that’s all online right? Same with most health information. Or your child’s beach pictures. I do not think I should be allowed to access or use any of that without your consent

rgrieselhuber 2y ago

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