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The idea is that unlocked screens are a security liability. If someone can read your Slack or send emails, they can download credentials, drop tables, etc. Fir
by muzani 1y ago
The idea is that unlocked screens are a security liability. If someone can read your Slack or send emails, they can download credentials, drop tables, etc.
Firing is a little extreme. We just embarrass people to remind them. Also if it's a safe place – in an office meeting room or something, we're unlikely to do it, but if it's in a co-working space, it's fair game.
- giantg2 1y agoFor unlocked stuff, it would just be a warning. But if you did any of the prank stuff with an unlocked computer they're talking about, firing is an option (in a regulated industry such as finance).
- vonunov 1y agoYes, that is the idea. I'm not suggesting that this is a thing anyone should take it upon themselves to do when it's not a practice established in that context. I have had one job I remember, maybe one more I don't, where a certain range of actions that weren't destructive to data or revenue were sanctioned to that end by our immediate levels of management. If that's not the case, though, this should be only a what-if fantasy to indulge in, of course.