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cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days ago

Employees at game company notice computers running slower, discover management has been tracking keystrokes, screens, microphones at home

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Employees at game company notice computers running slower, discover management has been tracking keystrokes, screens, microphones at home

www.pcgamer.com

cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days ago
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MindsEye studio faces new legal action over employee surveillance software that workers' union alleges was 'recording individuals in their homes and without their consent'
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The IWGB union says the software was removed in March, but BARB is refusing to disclose what data it collected.
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  • toiletobserver@lemmy.world
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    You should always assume your work computer/phone is riddled with spyware. Then, act accordingly.

    • Fmstrat@lemmy.world
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      It’s the microphones that make this illegal.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      …with a resumé.

      • Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyz
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        No… you start spying on employers and tell them fairs fair. Now where’s that raise at? Either that, or I send that photo of you pinning a twink to your wife, your church, the media…

        Blackmail: hey, if the Epstein class gets to, why not you?

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          As much as I’d like to stoop to their level, i prefer a pragmatic high road.

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    Shit like this is why any Work device gets completely segregated from my network.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      To paraphrase Rorschach: you think it’s to keep your work gear safe from your home gear; but it’s to keep your home gear safe from your work gear.

      • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world
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        You hit the nail right on the head.

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    Name and shame in the dang title, please. I have lost all patience for headlines that coyly tease descriptions like proper nouns are illegal.

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      MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    Glad I’m in a union for my big job. The small job, I AM the IT and it’s Bring-your-own-PuTTY.

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