John Cook72 said:you can stop people from snooping on your messages
the easiest way? instead of typing stuff directly in an email, write it in a Word doc, password-protect that file so only the recipient can open it, and then just attach that document to your email.
That’s incredibly easy to crack.
The buddy swiftowl7 is totally spot on here. The domain belongs to the company, the mail server is company property, and every single email you send is company property.
Your work laptop? That's company property. Everything sitting on that hard drive belongs to the firm. If you want to use your own personal laptop during office hours, you basically need explicit written permission from the higher-ups—and even then, they'll likely demand the right to inspect everything on that machine.
Work phones are company property too, which means management can access all your call logs, incoming and outgoing. They can record voice calls, read texts, whatever—as long as it stays within the corporate network.
If you're planning on using your personal phone while on the clock, you're gonna need that official thumbs-up from management, which usually comes with them wanting full access to your device.
Now, if you go the encryption route, you've got PGP or other similar tools. But that puts you in a weird spot because your boss will notice immediately that you're encrypting things, and you'll find yourself under a microscope within 24 hours. Plus, you probably can't even install a VPN because the company group policy has blocked you from having admin rights on your CPU.
Every single thing you do online is being logged—which sites you visit, what you're reading, how much time you're wasting there. It's all recorded.
Even if your boss is a complete jerk and totally incompetent, the rules don't change. Most of these guys just use their power to cling to their positions by micromanaging their employees' lives. And I'm sure
his bosses are totally fine with it. I've seen it happen way too often. These are toxic companies. Honestly, you should just grab your references and run for the hills.
The types of people running this kind of control? Total idiots. They aren't smart, they aren't capable, and they definitely aren't hardworking—otherwise, they'd be doing something useful, like actually helping a customer. All they care about is manipulation. I've known plenty of them. They're just parasites that poison everything they touch.