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  • Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tutorial: Working example ofremoving & re-installing Android system apps from a PC)

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android on Sat Jul 12 00:18:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:42:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    This does exist, I worked for a company which allowed PGP in their
    corporate email, but using a doctored version that added a key owned by
    the company, so that they could read any email.

    Is that Free Software? Well, their PGP version was published, license unchanged, AFAIK.

    Did they prevent you from substituting your own version?
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  • From Carlos E.R.@robin_listas@es.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android on Sat Jul 12 22:51:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 2025-07-12 02:18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:42:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    This does exist, I worked for a company which allowed PGP in their
    corporate email, but using a doctored version that added a key owned by
    the company, so that they could read any email.

    Is that Free Software? Well, their PGP version was published, license
    unchanged, AFAIK.

    Did they prevent you from substituting your own version?

    No. But you could be fired for breach of regulations or whatever.

    Maybe in contradiction with current laws on data protections in the EU
    and Spain; but this is corporate mail, not private mail. Touchy.
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
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