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Some employers are using software to remotely monitor worker productivity

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Jarrett Dang
Aug 30, 2022
Jodi Kantor from The New York Times describes how companies are increasingly using new software tools to evaluate how hard their employees are working.
A new report from The New York Times delves into increasingly common monitoring software used to track employee productivity.
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Mixing work and play on a company computer comes with risks

by Stephanie Hughes
Aug 24, 2021
After being stuck at home for 18 months, it's tempting to use your work laptop for fun. But your employer may be watching.
With so many people working from home, more employers are monitoring what workers do on company computers and tracking the websites they visit.
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Chinese surveillance companies on U.S. blacklist still using Silicon Valley components

by Scott Tong
Dec 20, 2019
Blacklisted firms are still using essential components from the U.S., analysts and company statements suggest.
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Volvo says driver-facing cameras are key to cutting crashes

by Jack Stewart
Mar 21, 2019
The company is shifting its attention to accident prevention.
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New tech doorbells can record video, and that's an ethics problem

by Molly Wood
Jan 17, 2019
They might be recording a lot more than who's at the front door.
Part of the problem with doorbell cameras is that their owners are filming a lot more territory than the terms of service say they should, says Laura Norén, director of research at Obsidian Security.
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Tech can sift through video evidence ... but can it avoid bias?

by Molly Wood
Jan 7, 2019
Forensic video evidence is no smoking gun.
Police and private security personnel monitor security cameras at the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative on April 23, 2013 in New York City.
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The U.S. government doesn’t want 5G tech that’s made in China

by Molly Wood
Nov 30, 2018
The thing that makes the technology so useful can also make it vulnerable.
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The problem of governments using facial recognition software

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
May 24, 2018
"They know both the question and the answer," one CEO says.
A display shows a facial recognition system for law enforcement during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in Washington, D.C., in 2017.
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The convenience store of the future is always watching

by Stephanie Hughes and Molly Wood
Jan 24, 2018
Sure, no lines sounds great, but is being constantly monitored worth the trade-off?
Shoppers scan the Amazon Go app on their mobile devices as the enter the store Monday in Seattle. Amazon opened the cashier-less store to the public after more than a year in beta.
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The villain in James Patterson’s new book seems strangely familiar…

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 14, 2017
In "The Store," a couple takes on an online all-in-one-retailer that has taken over many aspects of life.
Author James Patterson in New York City in 2016.
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