the moyles and moyles of it
Products developed by companies such as Activtrak allow employers to track which websites staff visit, how long they spend on sites deemed “unproductive” and set alarms triggered by content considered dangerous. […]
To quantify productivity, “profiles” of employee behaviour — which can be as granular as mapping an individual’s daily activity — are generated from “vast” amounts of data. […]
If combined with personal details, such as someone’s age and sex, the data could allow employers to develop a nuanced picture of ideal employees, choose whom they considered most useful and help with promotion and firing decisions. […]
Some technology, including Teramind’s and Activtrak’s, permits employers to take periodic computer screenshots or screen-videos — either with employees’ knowledge or in “stealth” mode — and use AI to assess what it captures.
Depending on the employer’s settings, screenshot analysis can alert them to things like violent content or time spent on LinkedIn job adverts.
But screenshots could also include the details of private messages, social media activity or credit card details in ecommerce checkouts, which would then all be saved to the employer’s database. […]
Meanwhile, smart assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa for Business, are being introduced into workplaces, but it is unclear how much of office life the devices might record, or what records employers might be able to access.
{ Financial Times | Continue reading }
Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy. […] Google says it doesn’t use this information to sell you ads.
unrelated { Navy Seal’s lawyers received emails embedded with tracking software }
photo { Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Paris, 1996 }
