Yeah, HIPAA info.
IT folks, got a question for ya
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Yeah, HIPAA info.
Hmm, I have an old MAC that was from a pharmaceutical company and they never came for it.
My only thing was (or I probably would've just kept it) was the fact that they knew I was using it once I connected it to the wifi. Wasn't sure they'd be able to see what the hell I was doing or not.
So you never tried the network monitor?
I’m an IT Director for a pharmaceutical company, all of my devices are in MDM. Your post gave me something to test. I wanna actually swap out a hard drive in one of my laptops and see if it will ping back to MDM.
I think that this wasn’t a result of something being installed in the bios and more about the MDM enrollment. You said it was a Windows laptop, specifically with Microsoft Intune,there’s a thing called a hardware hash ID that is used to enroll computers. I think this ID is created based on a combination of hardware aspects on the computer and the operating system has no bearing on it. Basically once it's on the internet the enrollment server already knows and basically reactivates the management capabilities, then IT has awareness.
You probably never really had a chance because you installed Windows. Windows always calls back to Microsoft, one way or the other. So if the hardware itself wasn't the trigger, the OS definitely was.
I think that this wasn’t a result of something being installed in the bios and more about the MDM enrollment. You said it was a Windows laptop, specifically with Microsoft Intune,there’s a thing called a hardware hash ID that is used to enroll computers. I think this ID is created based on a combination of hardware aspects on the computer and the operating system has no bearing on it. Basically once it's on the internet the enrollment server already knows and basically reactivates the management capabilities, then IT has awareness.
You probably never really had a chance because you installed Windows. Windows always calls back to Microsoft, one way or the other. So if the hardware itself wasn't the trigger, the OS definitely was.
They probably don't have the manpower, especially if it was during a mass layoff. Executives don't think about that stuff when they decide to do mass cuts. For example, my company cut 50 people at once, all remote, including the shipping and logistics team. Shipping and logistics are the ones who deal with all the shipping and equipment returns. My team was busy killing everyone's access in real time, no heads up to do any kind of inventory, no one to create all the return labels, no one to process the returns, etc. No telling how much shit people kept and no time to slow down while trying to keep the place running.
I think they do have BIOS software that does "call home", but more than likely Intune was the culprit, as all of that is cloud based and allows the different systems to talk to each other. "Validating your Windows License...Well this MAC address and these different serial numbers (BIOS, device) belong to this domain, so let me alert them that their device is online and has been added to their domain.
IT Director... YO!!! Put me on!!!!
I absolutely want to hire, but I wouldn't bring on anyone now, way too volatile and I actually care about the people I hire. I used to have 8 people on my team and we got cut to 3. I lost good guys and that shit was rough. Only bee at this current org for about 2.5 years, I've seen too much turnover and multiple RiF's.
Since nobody else will say it I will.
The company’s closed, ain’t nobody thinking about your one fucking laptop
They actually asked for it back. I thought the same thing.
Dude mailed it back, it came back. Had already sat in his closet for months and now they want it back?
That’s fucking weird and I was wrong
Damn!!
