Hi all, we are hiring a remote worker and will be supplying a laptop to them. The laptop will be running a Debian variant of Linux on it.
We are a small shop and this is the first time we have entrusted somebody outside of our small pool of trusted employees.
We have sensitive client data on the laptop that they need to access for their day-to-day work.
However, if something goes wrong, and they do the wrong thing, we want to be able to send out some kind of command or similar, that will completely lock, block, or wipe the sensitive data.
We don’t want any form of spying or tracking. We are not interested in seeing how they use the computer, or any of the logs. We just want to be able to delete that data, or block access, if they don’t return the laptop when they leave, or if they steal the laptop, or if they do the wrong thing.
What systems are in place in the world of Linux that could do this?
Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated? Thank you.
Just don’t use Linux for this. Linux is meant to be customizable and configurable. If you want thoughtless drones working on cookie cutter setups, give them Windows or a Mac. Clipping Linux’s wings like like this should be a crime.
Whatever you think of OPs proposed use case is definitely falls under the above.
It’s this kind of 1337 h@xor approach to the OS that makes people feel like it’s unapproachable when that’s so far from the reality these days.
Not at all. No one said leet hacker crap. What are you on about? I said it’s configurable and customizable, which are praises. Locking any OS down with these MDM solutions robs the users of any enjoyable experience. You want someone’s first Linux experience to suck? To be a locked down piece of frustration? Let the OS’s that already force things on people do that. People expect that from Windows and Mac. Not from Linux.
It smacks of elitism, that’s all.
The OS is simply a means to an end. If Linux offers a way to do what they want in a way that is less hassle, and it meets their needs, then that’s a good thing.