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My wife, newly hired, was asked to un-blur her camera during a routine meeting to confirm her I9 information. This seems like a violation to me? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by shalafi@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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She had interviewed and met both remotely and in person, this guy was merely an HR drone confirming her documentation. I was a little bent when she told me he had asked her to remove her blur filter "to have a look at her working environment, make sure it's not cluttered" (something along those lines). No one else at this company requested such. Was he way out of line?

I should note, this is my PC in our living room and not where she will be working from. And this guy wants a look around our home?! Told my wife to bring this up once she's settled in, ask HR if this is policy. She started today!

She thinks it's a racism thing. I'm not so sure, but I don't have any other explanation.

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[–] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

There was just a news article about US corporations hiring North Koreans for remote work unintentionally, and the north Koreans then did a sabotage and stole secrets... Strikes me as HR is freaking out across the board and they were looking to confirm you aren't actually based in a foreign country. It is very easy to hide where you are(phone numbers can be forwarded, addresses can be false). If it's a 1 time thing, not racism, if they consistently single her out, is there anyone else of her race being singled out? Did HR maybe get a derogatory report from someone that doesn't like her and they wanted to see if she was sober? That's happened to me.

[–] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That is the reason why identification documents are needed. How can they hire people without knowing who they are?

[–] TheBest@midwest.social 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

NK stole the identity of other Americans. They dotted i's and crossed t's to get into knowb4 via social engineering. Really fucked up.

Edit: check out the link above for full story

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

KnowBe4 has an article about their experience.

They also covered at least one other instance in the US.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Seems like something sufficient IT security could prevent easily enough.