{"id":48591,"date":"2022-09-25T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9d564995-45db-411b-869d-d7ce0023e34f"},"modified":"2022-09-25T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:00:01","slug":"bosses-spying-on-you-heres-the-most-disastrous-truth-about-surveillance-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bosses-spying-on-you-heres-the-most-disastrous-truth-about-surveillance-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosses spying on you? Here&#8217;s the most disastrous truth about surveillance software"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large c-shortcodeImage-hasCaption\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_image\"><picture class=\"c-cmsImage c-cmsImage_loaded\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/15873a72025bab9c9b393183c2a89a0f8c1f4a2d\/2021\/11\/05\/1e5bbfd8-0100-4f68-8892-8b9769e77799\/employee-surveillance-remote-monitoring-spyware-security.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=768\" alt=\"Businessman being watched by large security cameras.\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/82ffd24d2086e8a94fdd8208859a14b0e8d6cfec\/2021\/11\/05\/1e5bbfd8-0100-4f68-8892-8b9769e77799\/employee-surveillance-remote-monitoring-spyware-security.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1024\" alt=\"Businessman being watched by large security cameras.\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/0b00d859d2d78c01972bc48fcb94354f6579eaef\/2021\/11\/05\/1e5bbfd8-0100-4f68-8892-8b9769e77799\/employee-surveillance-remote-monitoring-spyware-security.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1200\" alt=\"Businessman being watched by large security cameras.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/0b00d859d2d78c01972bc48fcb94354f6579eaef\/2021\/11\/05\/1e5bbfd8-0100-4f68-8892-8b9769e77799\/employee-surveillance-remote-monitoring-spyware-security.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1200\" alt=\"Businessman being watched by large security cameras.\" height=\"674.7891283973759\" width=\"1200\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p> <!----><figcaption>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-color-black\">\n<div class=\"c-ShortcodeContent\">\n<p>Does it actually work?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Andrzej Wojcicki\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to feel disturbed these days, even if you&#8217;re still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/hybrid-work-is-here-to-stay-so-companies-are-spending-more-on-security\/\" rel=\"follow\">working from home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodePinbox-textList c-shortcodePinbox-textList_floating g-border-thin-light-bottom g-outer-spacing-top-medium g-outer-spacing-bottom-medium\">\n<h3 class=\"c-sectionHeading\">more Technically Incorrect<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The notifications are constant. The pings ring in your ears, leaving a nasty echo.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s the spying.<\/p>\n<p>When the pandemic struck, companies worried that they couldn&#8217;t observe their employees in the way they used to. They couldn&#8217;t loom over them, see how long they took for lunch &#8212; or a bathroom break. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s frustrating being a boss and not having total control. You&#8217;re supposed to have it, right? You&#8217;re the boss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/the-rules-of-work-are-changing-and-hybrid-work-is-winning\/\" rel=\"follow\"><strong>The rules of work are changing, and hybrid work is winning<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sprightly tech companies came along to offer what these bosses truly needed &#8212; spying software that could remotely track their employees&#8217; every single keystroke and body movement.<\/p>\n<p>Why, one tech company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/working-from-home-your-boss-has-a-creepy-new-way-to-spy-on-you\/\" rel=\"follow\">insisted it could offer bosses a productivity number for every employee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joyously, now that many are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/hybrid-workers-dont-want-to-return-to-the-office-but-soon-they-might-have-to\/\" rel=\"follow\">(reluctantly) returning to the office<\/a>, those same bosses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/going-back-to-the-office-new-spying-tools-are-waiting-to-greet-you\/\" rel=\"follow\">are often extending the surveillance software there<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because it makes bosses feel warm all over. And of course, because it&#8217;s a wonderfully cost-effective way to force employees into ever-higher levels of productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Or is it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/remote-workers-insist-theyre-very-productive-at-home-paranoid-bosses-dont-agree\/\" rel=\"follow\"><strong>Workers say they&#8217;re productive at home. Some bosses don&#8217;t agree<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodePinbox c-shortcodePinbox-single g-border-thin-light-top g-outer-spacing-top-medium g-outer-spacing-bottom-medium g-inner-spacing-bottom-small\">\n<h3 class=\"c-sectionHeading\"><strong>ZDNET<\/strong> Recommends<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was moved to several levels of total stasis, you see, on reading an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/more-bosses-are-spying-on-quiet-quitters-it-could-backfire-11663387216?utm_source=pocket_mylist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">expos\u00e9<\/a> about surveillance software in the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It described the varying levels of privacy offered by varying types of software. It explained that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/windows-11-22h2-how-to-get-microsofts-latest-os-update-and-whats-coming-next\/\" rel=\"follow\">Microsoft<\/a> is one of the companies that doesn&#8217;t believe simple activity translates into material productivity.<\/p>\n<p>But then it offered the view of two professors &#8212; Valerio De Stefano of Canada&#8217;s York University and Antonio Aloisi of the IE University in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve written a book called &#8220;<span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Your-Boss-Algorithm-Artificial-Intelligence\/dp\/1509953183\/?tag=zdnet-buy-button-20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Your Boss Is An Algorithm<\/span><!----><\/a><\/span>.&#8221; So, many people must feel this is now true.<\/p>\n<p>Their most pungent conclusion, though, about surveillance software is surely the most painful for those who succumb to it every day because they feel they have no choice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/education\/professional-development\/move-over-quiet-quitting-quiet-firing-is-the-new-trending-topic-in-the-workplace\/\" rel=\"follow\"><strong>Move over, quiet quitting: &#8216;Quiet firing&#8217; is the new workplace trend everyone&#8217;s worrying about<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Aloisi told the <em>WSJ<\/em>: &#8220;There is definitely no study pointing out that this increases productivity in any meaningful way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I already hear you mutter that science, like the law, is always too slow for technology&#8217;s speedy innovations. I hear others of you snort that this may be, but wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to have objective, peer-reviewed proof that surveillance technology makes humans more productive?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/what-is-disruptive-innovation-understanding-how-big-changes-happen-fast\/\" rel=\"follow\"><strong>What is disruptive innovation? Understanding how big changes happen fast<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodePinbox c-shortcodePinbox-single g-border-thin-light-top g-outer-spacing-top-medium g-outer-spacing-bottom-medium g-inner-spacing-bottom-small\">\n<h3 class=\"c-sectionHeading\"><strong>ZDNET<\/strong> Recommends<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is, it seems, some scientific evidence that the reverse may be true.<\/p>\n<p>But, think of the basic human psychology. Are you ever at your best when you know you&#8217;re being spied on? Do you offer the best version of yourself when you&#8217;re aware that every single movement you make is being recorded? It&#8217;s not easy to dance as if no one&#8217;s watching.<\/p>\n<p>Or could it be that you&#8217;re at your most productive when you work for people who trust your talent and judgment?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another aspect, too. What does it say about managers&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/education\/professional-development\/quiet-quitting-has-nothing-to-do-with-rejecting-work-its-about-saying-no-to-toxic-work-culture\/\" rel=\"follow\">ability to manage<\/a> if they have to constantly surveil those they manage? Might this suggest a lack of confidence in their management skills? Or even a simple lack of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/management-skills-four-ways-to-make-great-decisions-quickly\/\" rel=\"follow\">management skills<\/a>? <\/p>\n<p>I wonder who&#8217;ll invent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/moving-beyond-employee-surveillance-in-transportation\/\" rel=\"follow\">surveillance software<\/a> that only works for a certain time and then declares, &#8220;Yup, this employee can totally be trusted to get on with it by themselves. 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