• @sma3inOP
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    155 days ago

    our computers! they force us to use chrome and corporate email

    • @pivot_root
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      175 days ago

      My policy has always been if you want me to use your crap, you provide the hardware. And if they still insist, they get to live with their garbage running inside a VM.

      There’s exactly 0% chance I’m letting corporate spyware touch my data or have full access to my hardware. Between being able to lock down the operating system and remotely wipe the device, that shit cannot be trusted.

      • @sma3inOP
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        105 days ago

        Solid thinking! I have the same philosophy but I’m in a place where I need bread. Even if the company didn’t provide the hardware, I still took the job. But I do care about privacy so much, I took all the steps necessary to make sure I’m not letting them inside my computer. Luckily they don’t have us use any of their softwares, and the only things I have to use is a corporate email inside chrome. And I’m running all of this on a spare old laptop, not my main personal computer.

      • Possibly linux
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        35 days ago

        You could say that you don’t own a compatible device. What are they going to do? At that point you likely will get issued a work laptop.

    • Possibly linux
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      65 days ago

      Doing work on a personal device is problematic at best. Using your personal device can be optional but there needs to be a corporate provided device.

      • @untorquer
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        25 days ago

        This is why i like working for a small company(<10 Employees). They let me use their money to build a PC for both personal and business use. Linux on one hard drive for personal use, windows on the other for business.