Er, this is basically just a puff piece for a startup. Why are people reading it like it indicates the world is moving in a particular direction? There's no more reason this idea is going to succeed than any other. In fact it seems kind of doomed to fail.
Employee ID badge monitors you at work – except in bathroom
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#12Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
Eh, some people just want to put food on the table and pay their debts. They aren't as responsible as you or me.
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#13It sounds like I will have to charge my ID. Nope.
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#14It sounds like I will have to charge my ID. Nope.
Haha! Hadn't thought of that. It's officially dead guys.
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#15Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
At least the micro-position-tracking ability makes sense in high(est)-security environments, be them military or private (Apple's secret labs come to my mind, given the rumors of secrecy?). The voice analyzation stuff is really, really weird though.
That's not the half of it. The article makes an offhand mention of analyzing stress by way of cortisol production. In order to determine cortisol levels, you need to sample body fluids. Most commonly the fluid in question is blood, although I gather urine and saliva can be used as well.
In entire fairness, I get the impression that was part of a protocol used to develop data to inform the design of this device rather than something the device itself does, but I think it's nonetheless quite a telling example of the degree of invasiveness which the people behind it appear willing to contemplate.
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#16You're on company time, why not just have a huge physical neck collar, with a chain, to ensure your paid time is spent productively at your desk. 9-5 you're a company resource after all
I always thought the necktie bore a striking resemblance to a noose.
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#17Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
Eh, some people just want to put food on the table and pay their debts. They aren't as responsible as you or me.
It looks like a startup created to make exactly this, not some peons in a mega corporation doing exactly as they're told.
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#18They're pushing that it's mainly for the benefit of the employee, not the employer. Or at least they're trying to make it seem that way. If so, why not just make it a consumer-targeted product? Something only the badge holder can view data for?
> In an interview with The Washington Post, Waber said one financial services client plans to use the badges to increase productivity.
Not even out the gate and it's already about monitoring.
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#19NOPE. Quitting the second someone asks me to wear one. End of story.
The second anyone in the office is asked to wear one, voluntarily or not.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Eh, some people just want to put food on the table and pay their debts. They aren't as responsible as you or me.
It looks like a startup created to make exactly this, not some peons in a mega corporation doing exactly as they're told.
I'm sure they really believe in what they're doing.