How Private Are Your Private Messages to Co-Workers?

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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A recent data breach at Disney that exposed millions of intraoffice messages has shed light on whether direct messages between co-workers can be seen by others. Host J.R. Whalen is joined by the WSJ’s Shara Tibken and Chip Cutter who discuss what employees should know about privacy on apps like Slack and Google Chat, and what rights workers have when it comes to workplace messaging. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't you wish your life came with a warning app?
0:02.0	That dog does not want to be petted.
0:04.0	Well, life doesn't always give you time to change the outcome,
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0:12.6	Grought to you by the Ad Council on its Pre-Dibities Awareness Partners.
0:15.0	Here's your money briefing for Friday, September 27th.
0:21.0	I'm J.R. Whelland for the Wall Street Journal.
0:26.5	The messages we send on workplace apps like Slack,
0:30.1	Microsoft Teams, or Google Chat can run the gamut from official business to personal private messages,
0:37.0	maybe even complaints, sent to coworkers.
0:40.0	We've gotten really casual on them.
0:42.0	There are always channels for you know personal
0:45.2	conversations and we shouldn't necessarily be treating these as
0:50.6	places where we can just say whatever we want. We all should remember that these are
0:56.2	work products. They are designed to help us improve our productivity at work.
1:01.4	Our personal technology editor Shara Tibkin goes over what is and
1:05.1	isn't safe to say on a work chat app. After the break.
1:15.0	Don't you wish your life came with a warning app.
1:19.0	That dog does not want to be petted. Well, life doesn't always give you time to change the outcome,
1:22.0	but pre-diabetes does.
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