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if you don't have your personal browsing using a private profile of a secondary browser which you know you can delete, you are doing it wrong.
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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As an IT administrator, if your org has GPOs controlling if you can delete your browsing history or not, there is no chance you will be able to install a second browser without admin credentials.
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Yeah, I can still see that activity. You're still doing it wrong.
Personal device not on corporate network or you're doing it wrong.
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Not my work.
What are you talking about? They definitely dont see what I browse in a whonix Qube..
Well, since I am IT, I am not about go to snitch on myself.
Only tangentially relevant, human beings get along better with their agenda (that is, are more productive) when they're freely allowed to check email and their lemmy feeds, shop on Amazon and whatever other social media stuff they do. In fact, studies have shown an improvement when they drag overly-focused clerks to their mandated coffee breaks (actual coffee optional).
So if you're getting into trouble for chatting with your kids, or answering emails or resupplying your household with dog food, that might be an indicator your work environment is toxic and you might want to keep looking out for better offers.
Also when game dev teams are crunched, their productivity drops below 50%. When they're crunched for more than two weeks, it drops below 10%. So don't crunch your devs.
Wow, didn't know that is possible. Is it same behavior with other browsers?
They can monitor anything they want.
They could even force you to connect to a mainframe instead of your own computer in order to work, and only allow you to click on 3 allowed buttons if they wanted to.
It is their hardware, they can do what they want.
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Never do anything on work machines/networks you don't want to have to explain to hr/legal.
What about private browsing or running a Firefox portable exe?
Anything on a work computer, or on a work network, you have to assume is recorded by the office
You can use Tor and your IT won't be able to see what you're browsing. They will be able to see that you're using Tor, and might get grumpy about that, though.
I mean it's not blocked, but if you're connected to their network, they can still see your traffic if they wanted to.
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