Oddbean new post about login | logout The demand for 'bossware' (or employee monitoring tools) has soared in recent years and ‘productivity suites’ now regularly integrate discrete but invasive features that enable your boss to see how you are spending your day (2/4)
Previous PI research into Office 365 found 'bossware' features that: 🧑💻 Enable employers to access employee communications 👨💻 Can operate without the employee's knowledge and 👩💻 Lack transparency about what data is collected and why https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4909/wfh-watched-home-office-365-and-workplace-surveillance-creep (3/4)
This is part of a bigger problem. Companies are using personal data of people that work for them to make employment decisions using untransparent algorithms See our 2021 work on the gig economy with Worker Info Exchange (WIE) for more👇 https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4709/managed-bots-surveillance-gig-economy-workers (4/4)