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xmcqdpt2 on May 16, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: JPMorgan Chase and Co tracks employees to dystopia...

And for good reasons! The SEC levied more than a billion in fines over text messages on non official media without even having to prove that those texts where eg insider trading,

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-174

They did this entirely on the basis that banks should have known that everything needs to be archived and monitored.

lucozade on May 16, 2023 [–]

Indeed. It's a royal pain in the arse and completely justified from a customer protection and, for that matter, industry protection pov.

This is definitely one of those cases where, if you don't like having your work activity monitored, then finance is probably not the industry for you.

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