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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by cgearhart on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:05PM (#21062962)
From what I understand they wanted to instrument their offices (with cameras, microphones, thermometers, etc.) to collect data on the occupants ostensibly because they’re trying to be a tech company. Felt Orwellian, but it sounded interesting enough to at least hear them out.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by dictum on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:27PM (#21063177)
Not that it's novel — there are corporations specialized in tools to monitor employee activity — but there's no bamboozling in that claim: monitoring nearly every activity, no matter how intrusive, is what almost software and hardware does now.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by orblivion on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:09AM (#21067786)
On the one hand it seems like a new level of creepy. On another level, it's kind of funny to have tech companies be the ones getting spied on.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by TrackerFF on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:05AM (#21069283)
At my old company (energy company), they've now installed sensors at every desk - to track whether or not someone is sitting at the desk, and their activity level.
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