Tinfoil communications
Writing for BBC Worklife (Remote Control
), Mark Johanson explores whether your work messages are as private as you think. It seems like a strange question to ask, to be honest.
Have you ever had a bad day at work, complained to colleagues about it over an internal messaging app and then worried that your boss might be able to read all of your complaints? Turns out, you have every right to be concerned; communications on a work device are rarely as private as they may seem.
Mark Johanson, Are your work messages as private as you think?, BBC Worklife
Is there anyone these days who really considers communications privacy to be a reality within corporate networks? This isn't a new thing, invented to track millennials during the pandemic. It's been around for years, if not decades.
If aluminium foil hadn't already been invented, it would have to be. Just so that those of us who work for corporations could fashion snugly-fitting hats.
My experience is solely with the corporate sector. But I'd be surprised if the same didn't apply, if not more so, to employees within government and government agencies.