Should I just ask him to give me his personal cell so we can complain that way? Hopefully I don't get canned after this hoopla
Am I overthinking this?
As a sysadmin it's totally doable but like another said, typically that level of access is only for top level admins and is only going to be given out to management in situations where they're suspicious.
So don't be sus. And keep those kinds of comms off corporate devices 👍
seems like they can. but also i think it's reasonable to assume that, just like reading your email inbox, your company isn't giving that unrestricted power to middle managers, so unless you give them a reason to check, they probably won't notice the messages you've already sent. like, don't worry too much about being fired, but definitely don't use company comms to talk about that stuff.
Another reason why microsoft sucks
I'll probably just ask him for his cell, though that might seem kinda sus as well. I guess this is one of the downsides of remote work
I mean Microsoft sucks yeah, but it's true for all company provided software and communications. You can assume that if they wanted to (highly unlikely without reason cause who cares) they would change your password and access all your stuff.
my work PC has a hidden app that records all of my mouse movements and keyboard input
You should assume that all electronic communications are monitored. You can use Signal in a limited way and probably be okay - the attack options on signal are mostly about an attacker having access to the entire phone.
If anything is truly sensitive, you should talk in person or on non-company devices via encrypted video chat, with a preference for the former.
Yes, they absolutely can read those messages, get his phone number and talk to him that way
If you're on a company-issued laptop, then everything you type is being recorded by a keylogger. Every video and phone call made through an app on the machine is also likely recorded. I agree with the other suggestion to get their personal phone number and communicate without company devices.
everything you type is being recorded by a keylogger.
This isn't always true, but one should probably assume it is unless they're tight with IT.
Every video and phone call made through an app on the machine is also likely recorded.
This is probably untrue, but once again you'll want a friendly contact in IT to confirm that for you.
I've done this plenty on company slack years ago, and it was a billion dollar company.
Nobody ever said a word. That said, it was dumb of me. I wouldn't worry, but as others have said, going forwards, keep it off your work laptops.
Can they read it? Yes. Are they going to read it? Not unless you're being investigated for something else, or you work for a company like Amazon and you said a bunch of stuff about unionizing, in which case bots have already flagged your employee ID and the pinkertons are on their way to your location to rearrange your kneecaps.
Don't do it again, though.
Just Do another Message in which you vaguly point to some Kompromat on the Company you have ...
"OH they can not fire me , Because I know and i have all the Recepies ...Wink Wink .... "
:jfk-gaming:
when i worked at activision they encouraged us to adhere to our NDAs by telling us in an officewide meeting that it was enforced by former intelligence agents
as an alternate if you're not reeally comfy with the texting, you can just link text messages in pictures hosted on a third party and delete them
this doesn't really work with Teams because Microsoft will resolve the link and cache a preview
