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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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[–] scrion@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I know it is somewhat of an accepted practice, and a lot of people lack the means or the knowledge to handle it any other way, but I'd still like to raise awareness that you're basically inviting a foreign actor into your network.

The days were people would trust corporations, including their employers, to be generally benevolent and to do the right thing are long over.