Posted on 09/06/2021 4:21:16 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
... first week of remote work, David and his team were introduced to a digital surveillance platform called Sneek.
Every minute or so, the program would capture a live photo of David and his workmates via their company laptop webcams. The ever-changing headshots were splayed across the wall of a digital conference waiting room that everyone on the team could see. Clicking on a colleague’s face would unilaterally pull them into a video call. If you were lucky enough to catch someone goofing off or picking their nose, you could forward the offending image to a team chat via Sneek’s integration with the messaging platform Slack.
Every minute or so, the program would capture a live photo of David and his workmates via their company laptop webcams. The ever-changing headshots were splayed across the wall of a digital conference waiting room that everyone on the team could see. Clicking on a colleague’s face would unilaterally pull them into a video call. If you were lucky enough to catch someone goofing off or picking their nose, you could forward the offending image to a team chat via Sneek’s integration with the messaging platform Slack.
I signed up to manage their digital marketing, not to livestream my living room
...from screenshotting employees’ screens to logging their keystrokes and tracking their browsing. But in the fast-growing bossware market, each platform potentially brings something new to the table.
But the rise of tattleware changes the game. If an employee uses a spy-enabled, work-sponsored computer outside of hours, their employer could easily access their personal data, down to internet banking passwords and Facebook messages.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
My laptop is closed unless I’m actively involved in a Teams call. My camera shows nothing, so I won’t be caught picking my nose.
Kinda reminds me of my current keyboard. Its a new “old” style mechanical keyboard that can be heard everywhere...so they know when I am on a tear, and when I am probably watching something on youtube....
—”Who watches the bosses?”
Everyone!
And if you take a long lunch, they will let you know.
Much easier to just tell them ahead of time.
Rank has privileges, they understand that.
I do have that setup in my home office. I have my work computer on one desk and my personal computer across the room on another desk.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
—”What I want to know if there are folks who are able to hold multiple telework gigs down at the same time and get two paychecks.”
From the WSJ a while back.
These People Who Work From Home Have a Secret: They Have Two Jobs
When the pandemic freed employees from having to report to the office, some saw an opportunity to double their salary on the sly. Why be good at one job, they thought, when they could be mediocre at two?
Full TXT: https://archive.vn/urexA
See #46
The owner is actually a decent guy, and treats us better than the industry standard (the standard is pretty low).
Until the lease expires, he isn’t really saving much by having us work at home - in fact, the upgraded infrastrucure probably means its actually costing him more.
Working remotely, when the figure out the job can be done in India for pennies........
When I worked I had three screens side by side. Two were for work and the third was my personal computer. Had two mini keyboards which fit well on the desk workspace. Any outside work surfing was done on the personal one.
thank you...
yes, they’ve come a long way baby...
“Row well and live!”
A peice of electric tape does amazing things to block their snooping.
You know I should have referenced Errol Flynn as a galley slave when captured in The Sea Hawk.
More like today’s cubicle slaves. Glad I’m retired.
If you don’t want the spyware go to the office. If I hired people to work at home I would expect them to actually work. I do a lot of consulting from home and have my skype on when my clients expect me to be at the computer working on their projects. I would expect the same.
Yeah, that’s what Boeing thought.
Make sure it stays tucked under or we’ll have a wash down.
No you can’t pay me less. Nor only may you not lower my salary, you’ll now need to lease my third bedroom at office space rates.
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