How do I know if my work computer is being monitored? :/ I'm using MacBook.

Deine "monitored".
Monitored by who?

@Ranchu By my employer (manager, etc.)

This is illegal at least in Germany, not sure about Lithuania. To answer your question: Check the running processes for anything dubious.

Is it a work computer? If so then probably, if not then if you use their network then they can at least see that

Working completely remotely though. How can I know if I am? Is there some kind of software that I can check for or terminal command?

@yehaaw do you use a vpn or connect to a company network that they control? They can see everything on their own network

@ScribeOfGoD Working with my own modem and from home (full time).

And I am not using VPN

Then if you connect to nothing of there's I see no way of them tracking you

@ScribeOfGoD I did receive the laptop from the company, so they could have installed anything on it. So, there are ways. Just not sure what to look for.

Just try to watch midget porn for a few hours. If they fire you or your manager comments about your great taste on adult content, then.... You know by certain that your computer is being monitored.

Just my 2 cents.

@sergioe256 xd thanks

ex. using wireshark or by installing and configuring proxy

Sniff the traffic. If it sends some data to IPs you don’t know, you’re being watched. Btw I think it’s completely legal to sniff your own traffic

If you attach a monitor to your machine, then it is monitored

But why feel concerned? I know you already know/do this, but don't do anything unrelated to work

@M1sf3t correct. It is better to avoid that than spending time to circumvent the monitoring

@M1sf3t @asgs lol, no, I have another mac for my needs, haha. This is my first laptop given by employer and well I am curious.

@M1sf3t @saucyatom Could you also see hidden kernel/root level stuff with that?

Just assume it is and work from that

@linuxxx I haven't touched a Mac in years, but I'd assume that @yehaaw has root privileges and there shouldn't be any processes hidden from root in a task manager in a sane system.

They got you on their watchlist. It seems like you yeed your last haw partner

@uyouthe Good jk, but I'm ok. Using it only for work, I was just wondering, if they are doing that kind of thing.

@saucyatom Well, since kernel is pretty much proprietary, how could we find out if there's no hidden processes and such?

If my company would do that I’d just quit, but thankfully that’s illegal in my country!

@linuxxx I really don't, but I'd assume we're talking about a 3rd party tool here and not Apple running something hidden, so if it was easily possible for just any app, I would guess it was rather known.

¯\_ (ツ) _/¯

It prolly is,

check cron [all users]
check running processes
check if you have an a/v sw [at least eset has this monitoring capability]
check firewalls
check for auditing tools
check dns settings [employer's dns srv set?]

it's allowed for employers to analyze employees' computers in a sense of
- websites/domains visited
- running processes
- some system configurations

some of those are inevitable if you're using their dns, their vpn, their preinstalled antivirus, their auditting tools.

It's normal.