>I’ve mentored a lot of juniors. It’s not uncommon for young people, especially those with less developed social skills.Sure, but even as a junior employee, we're still talking about mature adults here, not kindergarten kiddies, who can vote, pay taxes and are held accountable for their actions in front of the law, so they should be aware that deliberately backdooring their employer so that they can surveillance their boss, not only most likely violates their employment contract they signed and can have serious legal backlash against then both from the company and from the person who's privacy they were trying to break.
>It’s common with young people who have debilitating anxiety and a tendency toward rumination.
Yeah, I get that, but how is this in excuse for hacking your employer/boss? Why not seek therapy from professionals for that and try to either quit toxic workplaces or report abusive bosses and find a workplace that accommodates your personality and emotional type, not try to hack and backdoor your employer's network to keep tabs on your boss.
There is no workplace in the world and no work colleagues that will tolerate you hacking their network and invading their privacy because you have anxiety and a tendency toward rumination.