Employee ID badge monitors you at work – except in bathroom
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Employee ID badge monitors you at work – except in bathroom
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#2NOPE.
Quitting the second someone asks me to wear one. End of story.
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#3Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
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#4I remember the PARC smart badge system, had a similar sort of push back. Sure there were "good" things like quick attendance count at meetings and an easy to use "where is Bob?" sort of service, but on balance it was a net negative on the employee.
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#5>“Within three or four years, every single ID badge is going to have these sensors,” predicted Ben Waber, chief executive of Humanyze, a Boston-based employee analytics company.
>Those concerned about their privacy might be alarmed by the arrival of such badges. But Humanyze says it doesn’t record the content of what people say, just how they say it. And the boss doesn’t get to look at individuals’ personal data. It is also up to the employee to decide whether they want to participate.
Employees can choose whether they would like to participate, but it will be in every ID badge in 3-4 years?
I'm not really well informed about the science of speech analysis, but I'm going to assume raw audio is recorded at some stage, and since the device is the size of a credit card, I'll also assume it's not being processed on the device.
I don't see how this could possibly be as anonymized as they claim. You're also painting a target for rival enterprises or states who would like to carry out espionage against you, which seems like a legitimate concern in the financial industry.
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#6I don't understand how anyone can say something like "It is also up to the employee to decide whether they want to participate." with a straight face. All historical evidence points to the fact that people will be "encouraged" to the point where this becomes mandatory.
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#7You'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
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#8Engineers 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.
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#9They'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?
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#10I'd turn my notice in immediately. We are people not machines. This would not encourage good culture. In fact, it would sink moral.