If you are working from home the first assumption you must make is that the employer laptop is being monitored. Maybe not every single keystroke but all the websites you visit will be tracked. So in my home office I have two computers - the one my employer gave me and my personal computer.
The one my employer gave me is only used for work - nothing else. I don't check personal email on it. I don't do any banking or bill pay. I don't use it to visit any news sites or Slashdot or YouTube or any other website I
Isolate that work laptop from your home network in some way shape or form; that way they can't snoop your personal network.
I also advocate avoiding Wi-Fi usage at home. Only used wired networking for your home network. Ok, if you rent a place that could be impossible, but if you own your place (and I don't mean "condo own"), then install the cabling and a proper firewall (not one of those tosser junk boxes you can get for pennies. A wire inside your own house and walls is a
I like the idea of separating both computers on the home network. Currently both of them are hard wired and both use a VPN. Different brands of VPN. I disable wireless on both machines. So i haven't figured out how to separate them at the router level yet but having the two VPN tunnels effectively accomplishes the same thing - I think. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
My WFH setup (Score:3)
If you are working from home the first assumption you must make is that the employer laptop is being monitored. Maybe not every single keystroke but all the websites you visit will be tracked. So in my home office I have two computers - the one my employer gave me and my personal computer.
The one my employer gave me is only used for work - nothing else. I don't check personal email on it. I don't do any banking or bill pay. I don't use it to visit any news sites or Slashdot or YouTube or any other website I
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Take your security 1 step farther.
Isolate that work laptop from your home network in some way shape or form; that way they can't snoop your personal network.
I also advocate avoiding Wi-Fi usage at home. Only used wired networking for your home network. Ok, if you rent a place that could be impossible, but if you own your place (and I don't mean "condo own"), then install the cabling and a proper firewall (not one of those tosser junk boxes you can get for pennies. A wire inside your own house and walls is a
Re:My WFH setup (Score:2)
I like the idea of separating both computers on the home network. Currently both of them are hard wired and both use a VPN. Different brands of VPN. I disable wireless on both machines. So i haven't figured out how to separate them at the router level yet but having the two VPN tunnels effectively accomplishes the same thing - I think. Please correct me if I'm wrong.