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by lghh 2273 days ago
Downside of what may be a societal long term shift to work from home is even LESS privacy. I find that ironic, but not surprising.
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I'm not sure this is an example of that. It is not atypical for office buildings to have cameras/timeclocks/access control which records the movements of employees throughout the day, packet inspection and/or MITM of your network traffic, and a boss that literally looks over your shoulder.
If Zoom would be a Chinese company they'd immediately be branded threat-actor! A company that bypasses security controls on the host[1] has no place in a corporate network, covid19 crisis or not.

[1] see news from ca July 2019

Yes, governance is of material importance to privacy.
At least most work from home roles justify company owned equipment.

I certainly avoid mixing activities (I don't have access to a company computer at home, but I don't use the work computer or network for personal stuff).