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Re:Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, ... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @06:56AM (#26805350)
The core difference that makes this new problem more worrying is, Panopticon only created a perception of being constantly watched. The managers/guards could see into every cell, but not all of them at the same time - but the workers/prisoners couldn't know if they're being watched at any given moment, so they had to assume they were.

As bad as it is, it's still better than actually being constantly watched.

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Re:Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, ... by dalbasal on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:36AM (#26807666)
Well... we'll see. It's not the first time for "actually being constantly watched" either. eg stazi/etc.

There is somewhat of a distinction between spying to sell you papmers and spying to maintain political power/stability. The latter can get bad fast. Ad businesses can be creepy, but their motivation is mostly just to sell you stuff. In both cases, it doesn't feel great at first... but you do get used to it.

Spying to make you sell pampers... that can go either way. Whatever lock-in powers Apple or FB wield... bosses have more power over employees than retailers over consumers. Add privacy belligerence to labour relations... third party ecosystems.

don't panic.

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