Why YSK: It appears several Lemmy Instances are flagged as suspicious and at least 1 instance intentionally using the name of ransomware. A couple of the big enterprise monitoring suites (Fortiguard, ZScaler) will flag your account and may end up with you being pulled into an office for an explanation, or worse.

TL;DR: Keep browsing to your local instance at work for now.

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[+] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)
  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I trust my company's wifi network a lot more than a free VPN app.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Different threat models. There’s the threat of being punished or fired by workplace surveillance;

    Separately, there’s also the threat of some unknown third-party snooping on your data for whatever other reason (identify fraud, etc).

    The post discusses the first and I’d argue that’s more compelling for most people, but the second is also valid.

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    RiseupVPN, calynx and protonvpn are pretty great and trustworthy. 2 first ones are non profit based on donations only. And proton VPN is well audited (but require account while the first two doesn't)

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If the company owns the endpoint there's lots they can do to monitor your traffic even with a VPN. For phones if you sign in to work mail with your phone and allow them to manage your device just assume they have control of it now.

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    Work computers are by definition not personal devices.

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    And refusing to install your company's software on your work computer is a good way to get fired for cause.

    But some people have the option to access work email, etc on their personal devices, as long as they install their company's monitoring/security software.

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