Correct, but this is about collecting it without any crime.

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They already have - having Nukes.

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(There is no indication that she used the password on government accounts.)

Why do we care then?

MOST PEOPLE re-use passwords for everything. Most people use the most-used passwords in every data breach as their passwords. Stuff like this shouldn’t surprise anyone. Most members of government likely don’t even know what 2FA is, and likely use Password123 as their password. They’re not known for being tech wiz’s.

Absolutely. I’m not the one saying that the law isn’t always right - I’m saying the law is what determines what is legal/illegal.

Say it with me: randomly generated username.

Also someone being for freedom doesn’t mean they don’t believe in the rule of law.

Nope. Compliance check lists matter when you are audited by external companies for things like PCI. It’s also not a lot of effort, nor is it ineffective, nor is making sure software is up to date ignored.

If a company on enterprise plans has non-IT technical people doing their technical policies then nothing will save them.

Unless your retirement fund was actively selling shares when the prices went down, which would have been a stupid thing to do, when the market rebounded the retirement funds value rebounded.

That’s not how the stock market works lol. When any people who shorted the market gain money, they are doing so because the retirement funds increased after they bought shares.

As I said in another comment:

Also most people don’t sit there in meetings with their finger on the screenshot key ready to go - but it is simple to just press a screenshot key on your keyboard. It’s a little bit harder to have your phone up and with the camera open the entire time ready to take photos, especially if cameras are on - especially if something just pops up briefly on screen and you realise you want to capture it.

This is only going to keep honest people honest.

It’s going to keep the overwhelming amount of people “honest”, and it’s going to give companies an extra tick box on any security audits that are integral to the company doing business.

The conclusion in the report was that “Government intervention would be premature at this time” - the reports words, not mine.

I can’t really see why she would have been fired for that report. The quoted copyright law expert also disagrees that she was fired over it:

Copyright law expert Meredith Rose questioned the link, calling the report “113 pages of ‘well, it depends!’” and adding that “people who find that offensive enough to call for her ouster would have to be utter lunatics—on EITHER side of this fight.”

They’re gonna steal everything

How much have they taken from your family’s retirement funds in the last 4 months?

Do you think that the amount that the stock market drops somehow goes to the governments bank accounts or something?

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Probably, but won’t really know until it comes out.

Bit more effort and harder to do when something only briefly flashes on screen than it is to hit the screenshot button on almost every keyboard.

My problem with it is that it gives a sense of security that does not exist.

It gives security for 99% of people that will ever be on the calls, and most importantly it gives the company something to point to whenever they get security audits.

Non-Technical folk will click the button and think they’re safe

Non-technical folk aren’t usually responsible for setting policies in enterprise software lol. They won’t have an option.

The feature is fine in theory. In practice, especially with work from home, it’s useless to achieve the goal it set out to. The article even points it out.

While true, that doesn’t really matter when it comes to enterprise. For security compliance you have to be shown to be doing everything that you can to prevent security breaches etc. This feature is another tick box that you can show to whoever is doing your audits to show that you are doing it.

Also most people don’t sit there in meetings with their finger on the screenshot key ready to go - but it is simple to just press a screenshot key on your keyboard. It’s a little bit harder to have your phone up and with the camera open the entire time ready to take photos, especially if cameras are on - especially if something just pops up briefly on screen and you realise you want to capture it.

I don’t know your experience in enterprise, but I can tell you that a feature like this will be much applauded by those running companies for the reasons above.