Comment by bredren

At least it isn't retroactive.

I suppose workers need to assume any communication system that is provided by the company may be read at any time by management.

The bummer about this is probably many people use private communications expecting them to stay that way. They don't realize companies like Hipchat do not have architecture to support data impermanence or encryption between parties.

Nor do these companies go out of their way to highlight this, as people probably did not understand the distinction until recently.