SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes : Is a Real Estate Downturn Coming?
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: SpongeBrain who started this subject1/29/2002 11:50:01 AM
From: Tadsamillionaire  Read Replies (1) of 91
 
You'll give more of your privacy to your boss.

Yes, we know: The bigger surprise is that we had any left.

After all, 14 million U.S. workers -- 35 percent of the "online" work force -- are under "continuous online surveillance," according to a report last year by the Privacy Foundation.

Such sweeping, continual searches of e-mail and Internet use will only increase over the next decade, experts said. Companies will spy in part to make employees safer, in part to keep tabs on how time and materials are used.

Internet monitoring software -- even tools that monitor every keystroke a worker makes -- are relatively cheap. Employers say they are worried not just about employees sending off-color jokes via e-mail or surfing porn sites at lunch, but about workers wasting time.

Companies already track workers with ID cards, but they'll scrutinize them in new ways, said Patel, with greater presence of cameras and the spread of biometric technology -- which uses physical characteristics, such as fingerprints or eye scans -- to enter buildings and log on to computers.

Patel doesn't think anything short of a huge public outcry -- something that would spur legislation -- would slow the growth of on-the-job spying.

prod.dfw.com
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News