this post was submitted on 18 May 2026
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Not a privacy invasion if it's a laptop given by the company. Do not do personal tasks on a computer you don't own, keep your personal devices and work devices seperate.
Why is this man getting downvoted?? I'm not saying what META is doing is right....but to act surprised as an employee of META??? Like if I worked there I'd ASSUME they already were doing that without telling me, why the hell would you do private stuff on a device you do not own?? Whats next? We getting shocked when you get robbed in a area with a high crime rate?
I would expect privacy on a library computer, or an internet cafe, but a computer given by a company is dedicated to work and work only, unless specified explicitly otherwise (as in given fully as a gift). Letting people run unknown software on a company computer could lead to malware attacks and data breaches, so companies that give its employees computers will manage how they're handled with an IT team.
This man works