Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
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Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
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Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
#4We need to stop building a world without trust. Always checking, ensuring, surveilling (,mining on a blockchain), this is anti-human and will only lead to unhappiness, burnout, depression. It's no way to live unless we want to be like the Borg eventually.
Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
#5We need to stop building a world without trust. Always checking, ensuring, surveilling (,mining on a blockchain), this is anti-human and will only lead to unhappiness, burnout, depression. It's no way to live unless we want to be like the Borg eventually.
What does blockchain have to do with literally anything pertaining to this article.
Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
#6We need to stop building a world without trust. Always checking, ensuring, surveilling (,mining on a blockchain), this is anti-human and will only lead to unhappiness, burnout, depression. It's no way to live unless we want to be like the Borg eventually.
You're right but ironically the very same people that are now complaining about these measures were the same that enabled it in the first place. All for the sake of convenience. Pandora's jar was opened and there's really no way in sight to put its filth back and close it for good.
And one of the worst parts is when this information can be used by people (nations, criminals, etc) for any reason.
Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
#7We need to stop building a world without trust. Always checking, ensuring, surveilling (,mining on a blockchain), this is anti-human and will only lead to unhappiness, burnout, depression. It's no way to live unless we want to be like the Borg eventually.
Unfortunately, we've reached a no return point. The next natural stage will be the raise of fascist states. With mass surveillance, AI, and nuclear weapons it will be almost impossible to overthrow them.
Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
#8We need to stop building a world without trust. Always checking, ensuring, surveilling (,mining on a blockchain), this is anti-human and will only lead to unhappiness, burnout, depression. It's no way to live unless we want to be like the Borg eventually.
What does blockchain have to do with literally anything pertaining to this article.
I think they're referring to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26802874
Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
#9I would like to see the employer reaction if someone has a Librem phone or any non Android/iOS mobile.
Yet it's +800$ for this short satisfaction.
Re: Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired
#10Im not qualified to comment on the sociopolitical implications of this. I would prefer if things had not got to this stage but I understand the good and bad uses of such information.
My personal solution is to obfuscate my online data. I have many disparate identities online which I think makes it a bit harder to be targeted directly. I know that a concerted attack could easily tie my data together but I think I am not significant enough for anyone to bother with me. As a result I see very generic advertising.
Simple solution to this specific issue is to get a cheap second phone and drop the app on that. Leave it at work or in the car turned off when you are off the clock.
What I am curious about is how valuable is this sort of GPS data specifically. Especially for lower socio economic people, who for the time being seem to be the ones that are targeted with this sort of pervasive monitoring. I’m at a loss for actual valuable ideas to do with a knowledge of poor peoples movements that I couldn’t get from some generic anonymous socio economic data.