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by tanilama 2251 days ago
If it is the computer that owned by the employer, then it is their property, they put all kinds of spyware there, nothing news worthy
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I've never really understood why people think this line of reasoning is valid. Prior to the panedemic, I used the bathrooms at the office nearly every day. The toilets are undoubtedly their property, but is it ok for them to put whatever kind of spyware they want in there too?
It is taking screenshots of your desktop, not turn on the camera and take your photo.
But they way you do your job is private, think of it as intellectual property, your know-how, your tricks. In EU this would probably be not allowed.

E. G. in Poland it is not allowed to record how teachers teach as it is their IP.

Definitely not like this in the US.

Usually some of paperwork you sign when joining a large company are agreements that the company practically owns anything you do/invent/think while employed.

Basically assume it's all their IP unless you have an agreement stating otherwise.

In most of Europe it's rather rooted in privacy of communications as a basic right, plus regulated labour rights that come from unionization.
I love the European way. It’s shocking to me considering the US was founded and largely consists of descendants of Europeans, how our work cultures can be so extremely different. Every single person on my family tree for both of my grandmothers are from Germany and Switzerland, going back 5 generations. There has to be shared cultural traits passed down to us.

We need to at least move to being more like Canada, if not Germany. Tough to ever happen as our class war has long been won/dominated by the investment class. Employees here aren’t even cognizant the class war is going on. If they were, they’d choose denial to avoid having to punch up and prefer to focus on fellow workers or energy on disdain for people in public assistance. Ignoring that low tax rates for the wealthy is much larger and harmful public assistance (socialism).

Yep, that's why I prefer to do job on my computer, or at least using my hard drive.