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Big Brother @ Your Job...In your OS?

Posted by PrincessQuello • 12/03/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: big brother, Microsoft, satire

Microsoft is now seeking patent for office “spy” software.

The system would allow managers to monitor employees’ performance by measuring their heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure.

thepqnation.com/blog/2008/12/big-brother-at-work/

User Comments

12/03/08

PrincessQuello

Bueller?

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12/03/08

Profitimo

why would they want to monitor their employees heart rate?

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1. 12/03/08
  
  PrincessQuello
  
  Because that's the logical step before reading their thoughts.
12/03/08

chacham100

Scary!

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1. 12/03/08
  
  PrincessQuello
  
  Yes, yes it is.
12/03/08

LynneaUrania

That does make a worker feel like a chicken in a very small cage who can't do anything but eat and lay eggs.

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1. 12/03/08
  
  PrincessQuello
  
  It definitely reminds me of 1984
2. 12/03/08
  
  LynneaUrania
  
  At least you can quit on a manager. You couldn't just quit the government in 1984. At least so far, they aren't one and the same. But they can easily become that given the right conditions.
3. 12/03/08
  
  PrincessQuello
  
  Well, imagine this kind of software implemented at Federal Agencies. The underlying idea is the same. You can quit on a manager but how many jobs can you switch to in this kind of economy?
12/03/08

BlueSunshine

Hey, at least it's not as bad as the behavioral screening they plan on introducing at airports:

www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/02/airport.security/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Yay for 1984!

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1. 12/03/08
  
  PrincessQuello
  
  Rock on! No more waiting in line for hours!
  
  Big Brother is coming to the Gaza Strip!