Yeah right. If you were giving notice and you were planning on stealing or sabotaging, would you have not done it already?
I was once laid off. After I was told, I went back to my desk, had some coffee, checked in the code I was working on.
Once I was illegally fired, the company's network had some back doors (not put in by me). If I wanted, I could have wiped every machine in the company, or encrypted the entire hard drive, left them running until all the backups were corrupted, then take them down.
It all depends on the person you hire. If you hire someone who is technically good, if they want they will find a way to burn you. It all depends on the moral fiber of the person.
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Yeah right. If you were giving notice and you were planning on stealing or sabotaging, would you have not done it already?
I was once laid off. After I was told, I went back to my desk, had some coffee, checked in the code I was working on.
Once I was illegally fired, the company's network had some back doors (not put in by me). If I wanted, I could have wiped every machine in the company, or encrypted the entire hard drive, left them running until all the backups were corrupted, then take them down.
It all depends on the person you hire. If you hire someone who is technically good, if they want they will find a way to burn you. It all depends on the moral fiber of the person.