Surveillance used to be a bad thing. Now, we happily let our employers spy on us | André Spicer
Workers are lining up to be implanted, chipped and data-harvested by their bosses. The web giants have trained us into thinking this is normal
by André Spicer
Aug 04, 2017
3 minutes
Every technical innovation has brought with it a new way of watching over workers. CCTV allowed nosy managers to keep an eye on the shop when they were not around. Software systems have been used to track the number of keystrokes an administrator makes a minute, how often they move their mouse or how . GPS technology has enabled transport firms to track their employees and contractors . Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is now being used by companies to follow their employers around the building, recording who they interact with and registering if they.
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