Canada needs a D.O.G.E.
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Whatever you say, comrade commissar.
Got a life on welfare planned out do ya?
DOGE- Dept Of Gross Errors. Yeah sure Mollusk found some sizable waste but you don't fire FAA employees and nuclear maintenance technicians without just cause. That's the literal definition of asking for trouble.
Maybe Mollusk should pay more attention to his rocket program. They keep blowing up and wasting investor's money.
Maybe Mollusk should pay more attention to his rocket program. They keep blowing up and wasting investor's money.
Meh, asked and answered. There actually is a thing called "doing the right thing the wrong way," and Trump and Musk are masters of it.
So those that are doing the job they are paid to do should have no problem. The employees that are watching porn on government or company computers might want to think about dusting off their resumes before being fired for cause.Here's how to check if your employer is spying on you
While there's no foolproof way to know whether you're being monitored, some techniques could provide insight
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Danielle Abril
Published Feb 11, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 6 minute read
Employee work is monitored concept.
Employee work is monitored concept.
While President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service continues to shake up government, some federal workers are increasingly concerned their work communications could be monitored and used against them.
The reality is, your bosses may be able to see everything you’re doing on your phone or computer. So how can you be sure?
Employers have a growing number of ways to keep tabs on workers. They can gather details from common workplace apps and use monitoring software to see what’s happening on the company’s WiFi. For some employers, the goal may be to protect sensitive company information or track employee performance, but there are bigger privacy implications for employees.
“There’s little transparency,” said Hayley Tsukayama, associate director of legislative activism at the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). “Even figuring out what is on your computer can be a huge step to figuring out how you want to deal with it.” (Tsukayama is a former tech reporter at The Washington Post.)
While there’s no foolproof way to know whether you’re being monitored, some techniques could provide insight, according to privacy and security experts. It also may be a good time to consider locking down your personal communications, too, with office mandates taking effect and the government gaining access to federal workers’ sensitive information.
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Know what tech is riskiest
You’re at a higher risk for spying if you’re using a company-issued device, which offers the least privacy and will ultimately return to your employer, experts say. But you also could be exposed if you downloaded work software on your personal device or use your job’s networks. To be safe, do these checks on any device or network you use for work.
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Check your devices for tracking software
There are a few settings on your smartphones and computers that may allow for your workplace to remotely monitor you.
Check to see whether your device has mobile device management software, or MDM, installed. It allows your employer to remotely monitor your activities and take control of the devices. On an iPhone, go to Settings → General → VPN & Device Management. You should see a profile listed if your employer is using the software. On an Android, search for a setting called Device Admin Apps. (The setting name may differ slightly depending on your device.) On a Windows laptop, go to Settings → Accounts → Access Work or School. It’s under Privacy & Security → Profiles on a Mac.
Another way to check for employer software – also called “bossware” – is to review what’s running in your laptop’s background by checking your task manager or activity monitor, Tsukayama said. For quick access on PCs, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete. On a Mac, you can access the activity monitor by clicking on Utilities in your apps folder. Scroll through the list of running apps and Google the ones you don’t recognize.
Coworker.org, an organization that aims to support workers, offers a list of bossware and employment tech. Note that some programs may be invisible to you, Tsukayama said, citing EFF research.
Look for remote sharing settings, which would allow your employer to remotely control your device, including the microphone and camera, advises privacy researchers Diana Freed, a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and Julio Poveda, a PhD student at the University of Maryland. On Macs, it will be under System Settings → General → Sharing. On Windows, it should be under Settings → System.
Finally, check to see whether you are the administrator of your device. Start-up screens may ask you to log in as a separate user than the administrator, or your computer may prompt you for an administrative password anytime you try to download an app. That could indicate your employer has control, Tsukayama said.
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Inspect your extensions and apps
Scroll through all of the applications installed on your laptop and research any you don’t know. Which are regularly asking you to install updates? Are you familiar with what those apps do? Were you ever asked to install an app for troubleshooting with your IT department?
“Be curious,” Tsukayama advised. “Look for the marketing material for the app you find. They will often list, as features, the things they can do.”
Check your web browser extensions, recommends Mark Ostrowski, an engineering lead at cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies. If you have browser extensions that are part of your company’s security tools, they will probably make themselves known, he added. A pop-up might warn you not to put patient information into ChatGPT, for example. Or it may say that it’s checking downloaded files for malicious content.
While these extensions usually monitor for security issues, they can also track user habits. If the company decided to audit you, it may see that you’ve been spending half the day shopping on Amazon, Ostrowski said.
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Understand your network
Using your company’s WiFi or virtual private network (VPN) could also leave you exposed.
Even if you’re on a personal device on a work network, your employer may be able to see activities including messages, browsing activity and social media posts, Ostrowski said. Any traffic flowing through a company VPN, which companies often use for security purposes, can also be monitored, Freed and Poveda said. Use your personal hotspot over company connections for personal activities. You can also use a personal VPN on a personal laptop without company software on the work WiFi, Ostrowski said.
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Don’t trust apps you use for work
A lot of your activities are collected by your workplace apps. Even if you don’t use company devices or networks, your boss still may be able to get a sense of what you’re typing, searching or saying.
Tools like Microsoft Office, Slack, Google Workplace and Zoom often track user activity for safety, security or compliance. But they also allow administrator accounts (that’s your employer) to retrieve information in some cases.
“If I [an employer] want to look at the content of the email that you’re sending through the corporate account, that can be done today directly between the [software provider] and the company’s security team,” Ostrowski said. “There’s no way for the employee to see that.”
That means your employer may be able to see an email you sent your doctor or a message to your colleague criticizing your boss. It could see how many meetings you attended and whether you had your camera or microphone on during them.
AI technologies are coming that can offer companies new, more thorough opportunities for surveillance in the future.
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Know your rights
“Workers don’t have a lot of legal rights” in this context, Tsukayama said. “So you don’t have much ground to push back.”
What can you do? Review your workplace policies. Not all employers will outline the surveillance they use, but some do, Tsukayama said. If you are part of a union, ask for guidance and rely on it when you have concerns. You can also ask the IT department directly.
The best protection? Keep your personal and work data separate. If you’re worried about your employer seeing your child’s baby pictures, sensitive medical information or flirtatious text messages to your partner, keep them off work devices, if possible. Even if it means carrying two phones.
“Once you put it out there, just assume it can be seen,” Ostrowski said.
Here's how to check if your employer is spying on you
While there's no foolproof way to know whether you're being monitored, some techniques could provide insighttorontosun.com
I think all governments in Canada. I know our regional district spending is out of control. Same with many school boards.
Recently Victoria area school board got fired by the provincial government over their insistence to prevent having a police liaison officer in the schools on the grounds that some black and native students might feel intimidated, despite the local bands saying the exact opposite.
Same as they did in the US. Sit at home and collect a paycheque.
I think Serryah means healthcare workers though. WE could use a few of them. As for the run of the mill bureaucraps, we have far too many of them.
We already have that. Which is why we are in such dire straights now.
They need to import Filipinos and Arabs for nurses and doctors the same way we do.
How is your company doing ? What is its market cap ? Easy to throw stones from the cheap seats , is it jealousy speaking ?
It's called poignant observation, dicknutz. It's also very apt. Mollusk tried to fire the FAA, the very body that is in charge of, among the obvious, regulating launch licenses for both commercial rockets and spaceports, handling reentry licenses, and ensuring safety standards are met.
Sounds like Mollusk wants to operate Space X unimpeded by silly little issues like safety and licences and shit. Maybe focus on that instead of trying to deflect for a piece of shit.
pigs thinks a government can and should be run like a company.
Canada is a company incorporated in 1982 after.the failure of 2 of other "companies". The Federation of Canada and the Dominion of Canada.
Have you not read our Corporate Charter?
