When does a commitment to home security turn into an unnecessary nuisance? Surveillance is everywhere these days, so much so that the kind of monitoring once done only by institutions, governments, and businesses has trickled down to the average citizen. An increasing number of people wholeheartedly believe that they have a right to record others …
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If Meta Glasses are Fashionable, Then So is Giving Away Our Right to Privacy
Recent generations have been getting more accustomed to being watched, and now smart glasses are here to normalize covert, wearable video recording so we can spy on our own existence. Security cameras are everywhere, and our internet providers monitor our every online move. Plus, our phones are listening to our conversations to serve us targeted …
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28-year-old daughter refuses mom’s gift of a keychain after she discovered it contained a tracking device: ‘Your mom is nuts. She needs therapy.’
She had made it clear that she doesn’t want to be tracked. Everyone feels a little differently about being tracked by our friends and family. A lot of young people are totally cool with the people closest to them having their locations on their phones at any given moment. Heck, a lot of the time, …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old daughter refuses mom’s gift of a keychain after she discovered it contained a tracking device: ‘Your mom is nuts. She needs therapy.’
‘Your employers seem to think you are irresponsible children’: Workplace requires employees take a selfie every time they clock in or out, employee pushes back on invasion of privacy
It seems like there’s an app for absolutely everything these days. You need an app to park your car or do your laundry or board a plane or order breakfast, and I’m tired of it. Let’s go back to the days when the only apps on my phone were Temple Run and the calculator app. …
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Parents constantly track 18-year-old college freshman’s phone, expect him to be in bed by 10 PM every night: ‘My mother called while I was out clubbing, and when I didn’t pick up she called my school’s police dispatch’
College is one of the best times in a young person’s life for one reason: freedom. When you’re a kid, you are afforded very few freedoms. You cannot go wherever you want to go or do whatever you want to do. You must be home when your parents want you home, adhere to their rules, …
Seguir leyendo Parents constantly track 18-year-old college freshman’s phone, expect him to be in bed by 10 PM every night: ‘My mother called while I was out clubbing, and when I didn’t pick up she called my school’s police dispatch’
Dude records Chipotle employee to get larger portions, gets criticized for being embodiment of the surveillance state: ‘They don’t get paid enough for this’
If you’ve been around the fast food block, you’ve probably heard the complaint that Chipotle doesn’t put enough meat in their bowls. I’ve never particularly had a problem with this: every time I’ve eaten Chipotle, it’s been so filling I didn’t need to eat again for at least another 8 hours. However, that doesn’t stop …
Seguir leyendo Dude records Chipotle employee to get larger portions, gets criticized for being embodiment of the surveillance state: ‘They don’t get paid enough for this’
‘How is this legal?’: Company forcibly installs cameras into employee’s home offices to spy on them
There are so many great things about working from home. For starters, you can sleep in without being dreadfully late for your shift. Commuting eats up so much of your precious sleep time. I used to wake up 20 minutes before every shift during one of my WFH internships, allowing me not to be pitifully …
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