Bosses turn to ‘tattleware’ to keep tabs on employees working from home

I would like to just send a big, heart-felt “Fuck you” to anyone out there involved in the construction of such software.

Great article. I did stop reading when I got to the part about how there wasn&#x27;t a lot of pushback.<p>Most employees are dependant upon that job to maintain their income. And losing that income creates a big problem.<p>So there is a strong incentive to accept most things the employer wants to avoid being fired. Including spyware or tattleware or whatever.<p>Employees know that even though they hate being spied on, raising it as a serious issue risks losing their job. Or, they have heard other employees try and fail to get anywhere against a mandatory policy.<p>So if it seems to someone like there isn&#x27;t a lot of pushback, that is a misleading statistic they have gathered.

Voyeur laws could mean lots of these bosses could be looking at time. The camera consent might apply to the employee but if they think it is off and others are filmed including children, it is a huge crime.

- Time Doctor, Teramind, and Hubstaff – which, together with ActivTrak, make up the bulk of the market<p>How do I find out if any of these programs are run on my pc?

I&#x27;m getting the impression that the new job I&#x27;m starting very soon uses something like this.<p>Any suggestions on most convenient way to cover up camera when not using it? I&#x27;ve looked at a few &quot;webcam camera slide&quot; products around, but I&#x27;m hearing a lot of reports of them cracking the screen of recent Macbook Pros.

Today is always a good day for a general strike. Your job needs you more than you need your job. You are the means of production, so reclaim yourself.

As work has been accelerated since the pandemic to be much more remote; affecting nearly every salary range, employee surveillance will be a new form of power and control the ruling class will have over the working class. Consequently this power imbalance will lead to lesser ideal working conditions for the working class like longer hours and lower wages.

When I think about it, the practices detailed in the article may backfire by decreasing productivity. Its too much like a manager standing behind you and judging your every keystroke.