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The latest articles around Slack

• Here's how to find out if your employer can spy on your Slack conversations

  Slack caused a bit of a panic last week when it warned users of updates that could allow employers to access and download conversations -- including those sent via direct message or in private channels. In an email, Slack noted the changes to both its Privacy Policy and a preexisting ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Slack's new policy lets bosses read employees' DMs without consent

  If your company uses Slack for group communication, you might want to watch what you say in Direct Messages with your colleagues: ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Hate Slack's new Emoji? Here's how to bring back the old ones

  Slack has new emoji for Windows and mobile, and they are absolutely terrible – but the good thing is that you can still ...

  • Mix

• Slack tests private shared channels for companies to share secrets

  Slack today announced several new features coming to its new shared channels, including the ability to make them private. Shared channels, currently in beta, are channels which can exist on two different Slack workspaces, enabling different organizations to work together. The new ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Slack finally fixed the image upload bug that drove me nuts for months

  Following months of complaints from users, Slack has finally fixed the rage-inducing bug that caused its app to unexpectedly ...

  • Mix

• Rant: All I want for Christmas is for Slack to fix its annoying image upload bug

  Slack promised a fix for the annoying bug that crashes its app when using the drag-and-drop image upload feature back in ...

  • Mix

• Slack's powerful new screen sharing feature is better than the rest

  Slack is finally catching up to rival collaboration apps with the introduction of its screen sharing feature. It also lets ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Rant: Slack’s drag-and-drop bug has been driving me crazy for 6 months

  Slack has yet to fix a 6-month-old, extremely annoying bug that causes its app to crash when a user uploads an image using ...

  • Mix

• Slack is down for many users around the globe [Update: It's back]

  Relax, your colleagues aren't going to think you're slacking: Slack is down for many users around the globe. It remains unclear what is causing the issue, but a slew of users are taking to Twitter to report experiencing difficulties connecting to the team messaging service. https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/911121501377777665 https://twitter.com/anttiai/status/911125311361830912 Down ...

  • Mix

• Keybase launches Teams, a free encrypted alternative to Slack

  Keybase, a tool for creating a secure online identity, has launched Teams, an end-to-end encrypted group chat app that closely ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Atlassian launches its Slack-killer, Stride

  Hipchat maker Atlassian launches Stride to take on Slack.

  • Matthew Hughes

• FriDIY: Repurpose your 'Easy' button to send automated Slack alerts

  If you've got one of those cute Staples 'Easy' buttons lying around, you can make it a lot more useful by connecting it to ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal