Man, I can understand doing that for regular users who don't care, but as a developer?
Just a few weeks ago an integrator for an ERP system our customer had bought was trying to show some details in a Teams call when his PC suddenly rebooted. He came back and apologized, turns out it was a company policy forced reboot. In the middle of the day because what are timezones?
If my company tried anything like forcing which browser is installed or when my machine reboots, I'd hand in my resignation promptly.
From a security perspective, I feel like my employer can do what they need to. I wouldn’t accept 24/7 active monitoring, but ensuring programs are up-to-date and trusted seems like basic steps in preventing a security incident.
The two programs I’ve used that auto-update your machine give you plenty of a heads-up that you should do it yourself.
> From a security perspective, I feel like my employer can do what they need to
I've always felt that this kind of attitude from IT departments is counter productive. It gives people a false sense of security at best, and baby mentality at worst (where they assume no responsibility because it's apparently someone else's).
Man, I can understand doing that for regular users who don't care, but as a developer?
Just a few weeks ago an integrator for an ERP system our customer had bought was trying to show some details in a Teams call when his PC suddenly rebooted. He came back and apologized, turns out it was a company policy forced reboot. In the middle of the day because what are timezones?
If my company tried anything like forcing which browser is installed or when my machine reboots, I'd hand in my resignation promptly.