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"ban personal messaging apps at work" What does that even mean? I doubt you can forbid the usage of personal messaging apps except in very exceptional cases (l

"ban personal messaging apps at work" What does that even mean? I doubt you can forbid the usage of personal messaging apps except in very exceptional cases (like a court room). On the other hand: Using personal messaging apps for work related information is a no-go anyway because of confidentiality agreements basically everyone signs.

rock_artist 3mo ago
I also didn't fully understand if the context is: - Ban ANY use of your personal chats / device at work (eg. your wife texts you to bring milk on the way home) - Ban WORK communication (eg. My colleague don't understand recent commit I've made) So the web really isn't explaining how things enforced or what is being done. I do know of some industries where you put your personal phone when entering specific locations or having stickers on cameras) but here I didn't fully understood the scope.
- inemesitaffia 3mo ago
  Yahoo messenger/BBM used to be popular when I was in banking and that's where banking was done. Then confirmed via email. Now the idea is all banking related stuff is done on approved devices and clients so you can deal with retention(more like deletion) and loss. And no personal chat clients too. If you're low enough on the pole, you don't even get to keep your personal devices with you.
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blitzar 3mo ago
Finance - no personal devices in the office and no personal (or unauthorised) messaging apps on your work devices.
- wolvoleo 3mo ago
  I've seen this too in a meta moderation center. They were real sticklers for this. Even personal headphones were not allowed. I don't think this is legal in EU but for that kind of low-level work they tend to get away with that.
  - blitzar 3mo ago
    Last thing anyone wants is exfiltration of the content meta moderates ... I see no EU regulation that would give employees a right to play with their phone on the job.
    - wolvoleo 3mo ago
      No but being reachable by family is important for example if someone is a parent. However this company was super abusive anyway. Putting pressure on people to work nights and weekends etc. It was a subcontractor. In the end meta replaced them all by AI moderation and fired thousands of people in one go.
tecleandor 3mo ago
Using personal messaging apps for work, for example, sending work related messages through WhatsApp or Telegram instead of using the proper corporate/official app. You can forbid your employees to use non official apps to send work related messages for privacy, compliance, security and other reasons.
khurs 3mo ago
Colleagues often setup WhatsApp groups etc so not on company slack/ms teams which will be monitored/loggged

rock_artist 3mo ago

I also didn't fully understand if the context is: - Ban ANY use of your personal chats / device at work (eg. your wife texts you to bring milk on the way home) - Ban WORK communication (eg. My colleague don't understand recent commit I've made) So the web really isn't explaining how things enforced or what is being done. I do know of some industries where you put your personal phone when entering specific locations or having stickers on cameras) but here I didn't fully understood the scope.

inemesitaffia 3mo ago
Yahoo messenger/BBM used to be popular when I was in banking and that's where banking was done. Then confirmed via email. Now the idea is all banking related stuff is done on approved devices and clients so you can deal with retention(more like deletion) and loss. And no personal chat clients too. If you're low enough on the pole, you don't even get to keep your personal devices with you.
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blitzar 3mo ago

Finance - no personal devices in the office and no personal (or unauthorised) messaging apps on your work devices.

wolvoleo 3mo ago
I've seen this too in a meta moderation center. They were real sticklers for this. Even personal headphones were not allowed. I don't think this is legal in EU but for that kind of low-level work they tend to get away with that.
- blitzar 3mo ago
  Last thing anyone wants is exfiltration of the content meta moderates ... I see no EU regulation that would give employees a right to play with their phone on the job.
  - wolvoleo 3mo ago
    No but being reachable by family is important for example if someone is a parent. However this company was super abusive anyway. Putting pressure on people to work nights and weekends etc. It was a subcontractor. In the end meta replaced them all by AI moderation and fired thousands of people in one go.

tecleandor 3mo ago

Using personal messaging apps for work, for example, sending work related messages through WhatsApp or Telegram instead of using the proper corporate/official app. You can forbid your employees to use non official apps to send work related messages for privacy, compliance, security and other reasons.

khurs 3mo ago

Colleagues often setup WhatsApp groups etc so not on company slack/ms teams which will be monitored/loggged