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Yeah I've always gotten power tripping vibes from sysadmins. They're happy to fork over data just to show that they can.

• Volundr 2y ago
  This is a weird take. For one, handing over data because someone in power told you too is the exact opposite of power tripping. It's pretty much the entire description of disempowering. But secondly, the idea that anyone who actually has a say in if the data is turned over (the legal team, executives) give a flying fork about how a random sysadmin in their data center feels about it is wildly off base. The data is going out or not according to legals instructions. Either sysadmin Bob does it, or he takes a principled stand, gets fired, and Bob 2 takes care of it.
• KAMSPioneer 2y ago
  I'm a sysadmin and I have no idea what you're referring to. Yeah there are guys in my field who are happy to overreach in terms of data access, but I'm sure we can come up with some anecdotes about devs over-harvesting data on...virtually any modern online platform. Most of my colleagues (at least those I've met) tend to be conscientious about data access and privacy. I host several E2EE services for friends/family because I believe in privacy and data sovereignty. But if my company's legal department says "give access to <these guys>," as a sibling commenter said, if I refuse then I'm fired and those guys will still get access. So I do what legal says and keep my job, TYVM.