It’s a “Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge,” and we’re just living in it.
Slack knows all your secrets. Your trash talking DMs, your business plans made with the boss, numerous untold corporate musings — they all fill the San Francisco-based company’s servers, waiting to be viewed by a nosey CEO, a skilled hacker, or the entire world.
The communications platform that many have come to rely on for both work and staying in touch with friends is, like most things online, a potential privacy disaster waiting to happen. And while you may not have a choice in whether you use the tool, you do have the option to lock its privacy settings down to mitigate any fallout before it’s too late.
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