Comment by TylerE
4 months ago
That would be a firing offense at my company. Company files stay on company hardware. Personal files stay on personal hardware, and never should the two meet.
4 months ago
That would be a firing offense at my company. Company files stay on company hardware. Personal files stay on personal hardware, and never should the two meet.
I would never work at your company. I use my own tools, thank you.
My personal vim config on a company laptop? No problem whatsoever, neither for me, nor the company.
A bittorrent client without preauthorization with IT and security? It's basically asking to get fired.
My vacation photos on a company laptop? Tricky - not a huge deal but not recommended. Better upload them to your cloud backup quickly.
Yup,. you get it, exactly! It's not a surveillance state, but don't be stupid, and certainly don't LEAN into it.
You're own tools are your own personal files?
Interesting. How do your vacation pictures help you do your job?
Not the OP, but personal files are not just vacation pictures. I work in R&D and I have my org-mode/roam on various scientific and technical topics going back 15 years or so. I use these for work to benefit my current company, and maintaining two parallel versions of these is rather inconvenient.
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> How do your vacation pictures help you do your job?
This question is why I don't want the company laptop.
Are you required to maintain PCI compliance? Do you touch customer personal info?
That may be sensible if you want or need stronger security and isolation.
However, many companies do support BYOD, especially on mobile where it's a pain to carry two phones around.
There is some support for this. For example, Apple supports dual Apple IDs and separate encrypted volumes for personal and corporate data. Microsoft apps (Outlook) also have some support for separating personal and corporate data.
The benefits of BYOD can include lower equipment costs, lower friction, and potentially higher employee happiness and productivity.
Mobile is a totally different story, to me. The security model allows them to be compartmentalized in the way a desktop never could be.