Remote worker finds out his employer has been monitoring mouse movement for years after being accidentally copied on an internal email: ‘The mask slipped’

Is mouse movement really the same as being productive? A remote employee, who had been working for that company for two years, was accidently CC’s on an email and found out that everyone had been monitored for productivity by analyzing their mouse movement. Although he recognized downloading software related to this matter, he was never …
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Company installs productivity tracking software that screenshots employees computers every 10 minutes, claims they can’t afford yearly raises anymore: ‘I’ve been at this place for 4 years and every year its the same story.’

It’s rough that she can’t call their bluff.  It can be difficult to tell if the higher-ups at your company are being 100% honest with you. You’re not in the room when they discuss the precise figures for operational costs, revenue, and profit. You only know what they tell you, and what they tell the …
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Mom puts a tracking device in her 8-year-old son’s stuffed animal, tracks it back to the home of one of his classmates: ‘Should I have my son confront the kid directly and ask if he’s been stealing his stuff?’

Did she go too far?  It’s hard to stand idly by and watch someone get away with antisocial behavior. It’s not always easy to catch a thief or any other kind of petty criminal in the act. If your wallet is stolen, all you can do is cancel your credit cards and hope they don’t …
Seguir leyendo Mom puts a tracking device in her 8-year-old son’s stuffed animal, tracks it back to the home of one of his classmates: ‘Should I have my son confront the kid directly and ask if he’s been stealing his stuff?’

College student refuses to keep sharing her location with parents after they stop paying her tuition, they tell her she is no longer welcome at their house: ‘I’m paying for my own life now’

Even when your kids become fully grown adults, you always want to know that they are safe. The only problem is, you can’t know that at all times. Try as you might, you can’t monitor your kids 24/7, and you can’t follow their every step once they climb out into the real world.  Technically, you …
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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.’

19-year-old girl tricks her parents tracking her location, they call the cops within 3 hours: ‘Two officers showed up at the door looking for me’

Privacy is important at any age, but especially as an adult. As you get older, you gain the right to more privacy. You get to lock your door, go places by yourself, and have your whereabouts be unknown to everyone around you. Of course, this isn’t always how it goes down. Sometimes parents get a …
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