Conspiring Against Your Employer? Watch What You Email

Eric Giguere writes "In a story that has Bay Street (the Canadian equivalent of Wall Street) in a kerfuffle, the Globe and Mail writes that bank employees defecting to set up a rival investment firm didn't realize that their employer could easily track the emails and messages they sent and received, even when they're sent via a nominally-secure system like RIM's BlackBerry. In particular, the employees were assuming that the messages they sent via direct PIN-to-PIN communication (a PIN uniquely identifies a BlackBerry device) weren't trackable. But if they're on the device, they're available to the employer to see. The employees may also have thought that PIN-to-PIN messages are encrypted, though RIM has always said that they're not -- it's only the connection to the corporate email server that is secure. A lot of damning information pulled from those emails and messages has made its way into a lawsuit."

Silly Rabbits, its too late

[Momoru]

"A lot of people on the Street are going to have a few sleepless nights, going through loads of e-mail to delete them when they hear about this case"

Although an employer sometimes can go through the emails on your harddrive, I think what the people in this article don't realize is that it sounds like emails are being intercepted at the server level. Who is stupid enough to use company email to conspire against the company? Setup a freakin gmail account and talk about it at home!

OMFG

[Bif Powell]

Can we please add 'kerfuffle' to the profanity filter. I don't find it profane, but I would prefer to see !#%$@#$#!@ instead.

Re:Another question,

[lucabrasi999]

You'd think somebody trying to commit corporate espionage would be smarter wouldn't you?

You would, but these folks were EXECUTIVES. Just by the nature of their job, they are pre-disposed to idiocy.

Pardon my French...

[dmuth]

...but what the hell is a "kerfuffle"?

Moula?

[jbrw]

Anyone who refers to money as moula is not getting their hands on my moula.

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Re:gratitude

[XMyth]

Yea, damn Canadians. At least loyalty still means something in America.

Re:Can I be the first to say "duh"?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait for /.'s lawyers to get into the corp email:
michael: 503 again? Taco doesn't know shit from clay.
neal: Mmmm... clay...

Re:"Kerfuffle" is all fine and good

[Anonymous Coward]

Obligatory South Park quote:

Cartman's Mom "Oh, a Rim Job is when you put your legs behind your head and someone licks your ass!"

Re:Can I be the first to say "duh"?

[lubricated]

USian is a cross Between US and Asian. Thus if someone is either from the US or Asia they would be classified as USian. There are similar cultures between the US and Japan. Also both the US and Asia or on the pacific rim. It only makes sense to group these two together.