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Date: 1998-11-18
IT-Normalität: Paranoia am Arbeitsplatz-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- IT-Normalität: Paranoia am Arbeitsplatz Dem sogenannten Trickle-Down-Effekt entsprechend, folgt die private Industrie dem unschönen Beispiele des Staates nach & überwacht, hört ab & kontrolliert was es zwischen Arbeitsplatz & Toilette zu überwachen, kontrollieren & abzuhören gibt. post/scrypt: Wundert es wen, dass die Paranoia zum essentiellen Teil der Lebenswelt geworden ist? -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Robert O'Harrow Jr. November 16, 1998 ... As it turns out, there may be a reason for your office angst: More and more software companies have begun offering ever- more sophisticated tools that can keep tabs on employees. ... Julie Allen, senior product manager for Tech Assist Inc., said her software, named Desktop Surveillance, might help a boss prevent a lazy employee from cruising inappropriate sites on the Web or a temp worker from deleting important files. Her product, one of several like it on the market, costs $55. She said a surprising array of companies, organizations and individuals have bought the software since its release earlier this year. Among them are the Federal Bureau of Investigation, local prosecutors and mistrustful spouses, who want to keep a close eye on their mates. ... "It's sort of like a truth meter. It tells you exactly what's happening," said Allen, adding that the software can be configured to send the boss a message whenever an employee on a company's internal network is doing something that's against the rules. ... Such monitoring is part of the growing use of technology to track employees. Business executives across the land now routinely read employee e-mail and listen in on telephone conversations. ... One company sells computer systems that allow restaurants and hospitals to track how often employees wash their hands. All of this is legal. Indeed, many companies argue that workplace privacy is an oxymoron. When someone is using a company computer and getting paid to work, some folks argue, they have no right to send private e-mail, steal trade secrets or amuse themselves by cruising the Web. ... Judith DeCew, a philosophy professor at Clark University, said people can't expect to shield themselves at work in the same way they do at home and in the rest of their lives. "Employees have less of a privacy claim," DeCew said. Robert Gellman, a privacy consultant in the District, agreed. "You don't have the same status as at home," he said. But both said the burgeoning practice of watching workers could backfire, making employees feel less trusted and less enthusiastic about their jobs. So even though the use of this technology to monitor workers may be legal and effective, it could hurt companies in the long run ... Gellman suggests that companies should make sure they spell out for employees how they use such software and the information it gathers. But even then he's wary of the practice, saying that it's part of a lamentable tendency for people to monitor one another. "This is all part of that," Gellman said. "At some point, surveillance becomes counterproductive." .... Full story http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998- 11/16/029l-111698-idx.html -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 1998-11-18 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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