And a few days ago, Elon Musk violated people’s privacy by posting a picture of a text exchange between a Twitter employee and a third party using the internal “Slack” messaging system on his Twitter account.
The irony is that the conversation was old and took place before the completion of the acquisition deal, but Musk was able to retrieve it easily as soon as he became the owner.
Although the purpose of Mask’s leak of this conversation is to demonstrate that Twitter’s head of protection and integrity, Yoel Roth, acknowledged that the company used “fraudulent measures” in the transaction, this action has raised concerns about the issue of employers’ ability to learn about the private conversations that employees are having through devices.
In this regard, the CEO of “Technology”, Mazen Dakash, says in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”, that “employees, when they use the computer or programs belonging to the company, do not expect to obtain the privacy they enjoy when using their own computer. ” .
He further states that “the employer can readily know everything the employee performs on the company’s gadgets, whether it involves emails, chats, or other activities.
It is not difficult for an employer to obtain this information, according to Dakash, as there are numerous specialist organisations that offer monitoring programmes that record what is happening on the work equipment so that the business owner may access it whenever he wants.
It also says that “what happened in the case of a mask is due to the fact that firms are able to store correspondence data, just like many programmes used in the workplace, thanks to the (Slack) application utilised in the business world.
The main issue, he continues, is that everything takes place without the employee’s knowledge. The employee starts talking about sensitive issues and eventually spills all of this information on the boss.
” For his part, the developer of the applications, Hisham Al -Natour, says in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “The employee must realize that the device in the work is not his property, and therefore the final word on what is happening on it belongs to the employer. ”
“Many large corporations monitor their employees using novel technology and software under the pretence of protecting trade secrets, but there are worries that these tools could eventually be used to spy on people.
The software creator emphasises “the need of the employment administration informing the staff of the reality of the situation, informing them directly that the computer they are working on is an observer, and informing them of the reason for this.
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When discussing personal matters with coworkers, the Natour urges them to “use their own gadgets and phones, not the company’s equipment, to avoid any sensitive information about their lives ending up in the hands of employers.” “.
Particular worries about “Spying on Employees” following Musk’s photo
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