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djoldmantoday at 5:31 PM1 replyview on HN

For the folks looking at tools to help manage personal and work identities on the same computer: don't.

Never access personal accounts from a work computer or work accounts from a personal computer under any circumstances.

This goes for laptops, desktops, and especially cellphones.

If an employer asks that you violate the above, ask for a dedicated device owned by your employer to access a work account. If they refuse, that's a big red flag. "Oh just use your phone to check your email/slack" - 1. don't assume everyone has a cellphone and 2. if you want folks doing work on a device, pay for it.

Managing multiple personal accounts on computer A or multiple work accounts on computer B is totally fine.

As an aside, company general counsels might be shocked at how often their employees log in to slack/email/etc. from their personal cellphone: suddenly any and all company and customer intellectual property has a way to leave the network. And it's not even a "pull" from the employee as the other employees just "push" them messages.


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Groxxtoday at 6:14 PM

In some states, employers are required to provide this as an option, at least for some devices: https://www.driversnote.com/blog/state-requirements-cell-pho...

Obviously it should be everywhere, for all tools needed to do your job, but it's especially clear for tech where nearly all large companies will also exert control over the device.