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Google restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack risk (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The company will disable internet access on the select desktops, with the exception of internal web-based tools and Google -owned websites like Google Drive and Gmail. Some workers who need the internet to do their job will get exceptions, the company stated in materials.

In addition, some employees will have no root access, meaning they won’t be able to run administrative commands or do things like install software.

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[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dev when he realizes he can't use stackoverflow: just leaves