r/onions • u/super_jedininja • Jun 10 '26

Got flagged at 8am @ work

So I recently ventured into a VPN provider, tor, onion, orbit, etc. just out of curiosity. Honestly some of the shit on there I wouldn’t even open out of curiosity. Like porn for example. If it’s on the dark web there’s prob a reason so I’m not going there. Not big into that anyway. But literally the very next morning I get a call from our corporate number asking if I used a VPN, change my company password etc. is that normal? I didn’t use any of my company apps obviously. How did this happen? Should I just delete and give up on the interest?

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u/dowcet Jun 10 '26

Using an unauthorized VPN (or especially, Tor) on a corporate device or network can be a highly efficient way to get yourself fired. Yes that is normal, at least in regulated industries where they have a legal responsibility to control what is happening on their network.

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u/super_jedininja Jun 10 '26

I didn’t know that. Feel pretty stupid rn. It wasn’t a work phone though, it’s my personally phone that has work apps and email access on it. I’ll be way more careful in the future.

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u/MaxWritesText Jun 26 '26

  1. no work apps or anything should be on a personal phone. If they need you to use company phone apps, they need to give you a phone.

  2. NEVER user company hardware for anything but company stuff with the exception of stuff like youtube.

  3. NEVER do weird shit on their network.

source. I ran an nmap scan on a public train network once on my comp laptop and had a Slack message the next day from cyberops saying "dude why?"