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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by lmilcin on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:46PM (#22729611)
If this was 90s then as I remember there were not yet standards to deal with this kind of problem.

Actually, thinking about this now, I don't even remember they existed this type of software in 90s but I might be mistaken.

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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by mathgeek on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:48PM (#22729636)
It definitely existed in some form by the late 90's. I recall very basic surveillance and remote control software being installed on school machines back then.
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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by na85 on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:55PM (#22729702)
l0pht's Back Orifice tool (see: spyware) existed back then.
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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by sbarre on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:59PM (#22731081)
I think this might actually have been what he used.

I am actually still friends with the guy (we were both quite young back then, and you learn from your mistakes), and I tease him about this incident at least every few years.

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