Are you all worried about your VAs blackmailing...
Are you all worried about your VAs blackmailing you or ratting you out if you fire them?
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environmental-rose•9mo ago
It seems like any VA with two brain cells to rub together can deduce the company from the code you have them work on. So if you have to fire them and they get mad, or whatever other reason. Can't they blackmail you? I don't think you can stay anonymous and pay them, right?
Also, how does one make sure they don't leak the code somewhere?
sensitive-blue•9mo ago
This is a genuine concern and I'm curious to what the others have done so far to prevent this or the game plan if this does happen.
continuing-cyan•9mo ago
Worried is a case by case basis.
Yes they can easily blackmail you if you give them access to your laptop via PiKVM. If you exfil code and mock services you can have an extra layer of protection.
You can't really prevent them from leaking code either. I wouldn't worry about this too much unless there's major financial incentive to do so on the VA's end.
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
this is the way to do it I think
create a filter barrier, have ChatGPT or manually find/replace instances of company names and proprietary code/apps
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
I clone the repo and have the VA work on it directly, I do not give direct laptop access, fuck that.
I just say these are my clients, don't talk to them, and these are the tickets, get them down
correct-apricot•9mo ago
what do you mean clone the repo?
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
Like actually clone the repo, then push the whole repo to your private git server like GitHub personal
Make dam sure it's on private mode lol
environmental-rose•9mo ago
Yeah, that's terrifying. Cause then it's no longer OE problems, then it's criminal arrest problems
flat-fuchsia•9mo ago
I don't know what you guys are working on but most of the J I have worked on, the code base is completely useless outside of the company. Just a bunch of crud apps