Stephen Downes

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I think that the main lesson to be learned here is that when companies and organizations say that surveillance won't be used for something, don't believe them. "Her managers currently use ControliQ... Introduced about two years ago, the tool is increasingly used to 'shame and belittle' workers by displaying and comparing their 'productivity' metrics at meetings, the employee said. At a certain point, the power in the work-employee relationship needs to be rebalanced, I think. "I don't know if the company actually understands how almost degrading and humiliating it is to know that you have to have a babysitter when you're in your 50s, and you've been doing your job for 30 years, and you've been doing it well." 

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