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"I suppose workers need to assume" We use hipchat at work. I've been assuming since day one my employer can read everything I write. They are _paying_ for it

• mrjatx 12y ago
  I manage the Hipchat system at my office. You would be amazed at how few features there are on the admin end. I can only change peoples nicknames, room names, and turn on/off guest access. And upload emoticons. That's the only admin action I ever use.
• jessriedel 12y ago
  > They are _paying_ for it after all. They pay for the toilets too, but that doesn't mean they have surveillance access to everything you do in the bathroom. Not saying that there might not be a good argument that they ought to have read access to company chats, but it certainly doesn't follow from the fact that they pay for it.
  • kevinconroy 12y ago
    Most big companies have a policy that any thing created on their computers is their property. Similarly, any information created on systems that they are paying for is theirs. If you were creating business value in the bathroom, then they might argue that they have access to it. If it were for labor and privacy laws, they might even have a legal claim to monitoring your brainstorms in the bathroom.
  • username223 12y ago
    > They pay for the toilets too, but that doesn't mean they have surveillance access to everything you do in the bathroom. It's only a matter of time before they drug test every flush. As Eric Schmidt said, "if you don't want your urine tested, maybe you shouldn't drink water at work."
  • teacup50 12y ago
    Actually, it does follow from the fact they pay for it. If it weren't for explicit rights carved out by privacy laws, they could put cameras in the bathrooms they own.
• dylanhassinger 12y ago
  this.