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Bosses Panic-Buy Spy Software to Keep Tabs on Remote Workers
Phones are ringing off the hook at companies providing a bit of Big Brother.
The email came from the boss.
We're watching you, it told Axos Financial Inc. employees working from home. We're capturing your keystrokes. We're logging the websites you visit. Every 10 minutes or so, we're taking a screen shot.
So get to work — or face the consequences.
[...] Workers at various companies have complained of excesses, but many of them are new to telecommuting, with its temptations of a midday nap or the demands of children out of school. Employers justify going full Orwell by saying that monitoring curbs security breaches, which can be expensive, and helps keep the wheels of commerce turning.
Breaches can result in disciplinary action up to and greatly in excess of mere termination.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by crafoo on Tuesday March 31 2020, @03:13PM
.. because they want the skills, intelligence, self-motivation, and insight only experience can provide .. of a salaried professional. And they want to beat you like a $2/day "emerging markets" worker and check the color of your pee. They would fuck your wife and chain your children to metal stamping machines if they could get away with it.