Today, I just got news that our company is mandating that everyone installs spy software on their computers. As I am not going to install such software on my computer, it has been said to me that if we don’t find some solution, I will get fired.

To be honest, I was thinking about changing jobs anyway, so I don’t mind that much, but I am not sure what to do now.

I work in IT, so I have quite a lot of job opportunities, but most of them are something that is mostly harmful to society.

So I am considering two options: Try to find some meaningful job in IT (which is likely to be very hard).

Find some nice good paying job where I can work, ideally part-time, and focus on working on open source software in my free time.

Not really sure what to do, does anyone have any experience with similar situation?

  • EchoCT@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Demand a company computer for their spyware, or isolate your work stuff within a VM. They don’t get to tell you what to install on a personal device. Fuck that.

    • Prologue7642@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The issue with using a company device is, that I would be much less productive on their device. Also, even if I had such a device, I don’t even want such software running on my network. And to be honest, their response really motivates me to just leave.

      • nephs@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        You being less productive looks like a “their” problem. You can also create a guest network only for that device so that it makes it less likely for them to be able to look at the remaining of the network.

        But I understand not wanting to work with people that makes that kind of decision.

        Still, delaying the situation with “quiet quitting” methods is a good way to give you a longer time frame to build the alternative.

      • EchoCT@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Makes sense, but then we’re back to them trying to tell me what to install on my devices, and fuck that. I feel for OP but I think that would be the walk away point.

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Does the spy software need to be installed on your own personal device, or on a work provided computer? If it’s on a personal computer then you can request that they issue a company computer to if nothing else just buy some time.

    What exactly does the spy software entail?

    But I would second that you start job searching IMMEDIATELY. You do not have time to lose.