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minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen ( Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 years agoYour work can also read your private Slack messages. You have been warned.
minus-squareReversalHatchery ( ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoAre they really called private messages? They should just be direct messages
minus-squarelibrary_napper ( library_napper@monyet.cc ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoI was the slack admin. We could not see private messages of clients. We could see company wide channels.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen ( Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoThey can see it. I know because someone had an HR investigation happening and they showed me screenshots of his Slack conversations.
minus-squarelibrary_napper ( library_napper@monyet.cc ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoIf it was a screenshot then they didn’t get it from slack. They have spyware that takes screenshots. Obviously if they install malware that records keystrokes or the screen then they can see what you type and what’s on your screen. But slack doesn’t let admins export private chats
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen ( Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoThen they must have been able to capture his whole screen. Idk how they’d do that days later, but they had a screenshot of a private conversation in slack. Maybe he had already set off some flags before then and they were watching him or something.
minus-squarelinoor ( linoor@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoIf I remember correctly you have to pay extra to be able to access private messages. Maybe you didn’t have this option enabled?
Your work can also read your private Slack messages. You have been warned.
Are they really called private messages? They should just be direct messages
I was the slack admin. We could not see private messages of clients. We could see company wide channels.
They can see it. I know because someone had an HR investigation happening and they showed me screenshots of his Slack conversations.
If it was a screenshot then they didn’t get it from slack. They have spyware that takes screenshots.
Obviously if they install malware that records keystrokes or the screen then they can see what you type and what’s on your screen.
But slack doesn’t let admins export private chats
Then they must have been able to capture his whole screen. Idk how they’d do that days later, but they had a screenshot of a private conversation in slack. Maybe he had already set off some flags before then and they were watching him or something.
If I remember correctly you have to pay extra to be able to access private messages. Maybe you didn’t have this option enabled?