Can MDM software be used to spy on employee ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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My employer had us install a software called "fleet osquery", they said it's a first step toward inventory management of all the devices for IT. I guess it also adds a layer of safety by making sure nobody installs any dangerous software/malware on their work devices.

Looking at the docs , it looks like this can be used to remotely execute scripts on my laptop, should I be worried about my employer spying on me during work hours ? Or logging information about what I'm doing ?

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[-] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

but they will care if you watch porn or download torrents.

HR might care, IT probably not.

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

In IT, and have been since 99. I cared more about porn(adware, viruses, etc used to be more frequent on them) than other groups I expected to caresometimes. A regional managers laptop was acting slow, so sent back to us. During cleanup I found porn among other issues, and reported it to their manager. The response was basically:

"How much longer before you can return the laptop to them?" They just wanted em up and running again. Now at an MSP, and we've found porn on fileservers, often time by the owners of the company.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah it's generally advised to avoid trying to solve a HR problem with technology or at least with anything complicated.

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