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China is Mining Data Directly from Workers’ Brains on an Industrial Scale

posted by chromas on Wednesday May 02 2018, @11:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the thx-1138 dept.

canopic jug writes:

'Forget the Facebook leak': China is mining data directly from workers' brains on an industrial scale

But there's one big difference – the workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves, data that management then uses to adjust the pace of production and redesign workflows, according to the company.

The company said it could increase the overall efficiency of the workers by manipulating the frequency and length of break times to reduce mental stress.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @03:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @03:32PM (#674606)

    The American way is for waste people to be dumped outside cities and kept on disability and drugs.
    China isn't that developed yet. Their waste workers tend to hang out in the cities looking for something to do. The government doesn't want that to be revolution.