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Northeastern University: Workers’ information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals. “Companies are sharing workers’ identifiable information and online activity to third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as ‘bossware,’ new Northeastern University research has revealed.”

Northeastern University: Workers’ information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals. “Companies are sharing workers’ identifiable information and online activity to third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as ‘bossware,’ new Northeastern University research has revealed.”

Northeastern University: Workers’ information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals. “Companies are sharing workers’ identifiable information and online activity to third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as ‘bossware,’ new Northeastern University research has revealed.”

Northeastern University: Workers’ information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals. “Companies are sharing workers’ identifiable information and online activity to third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as ‘bossware,’ new Northeastern University research has revealed.”

Northeastern University: Workers’ information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals. “Companies are sharing workers’ identifiable information and online activity to third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as ‘bossware,’ new Northeastern University research has revealed.”

Are ‘#Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?
“Bossware” refers to the technology some managers use to supervise and surveil #employees in the #workplace. In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread. With the rise of #AI, Karen Levy, a professor at Cornell, said has allowed #employers to monitor #workers in “more predictive or granular ways.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/business/bossware-work-surveillance-tools.html
https://archive.ph/AGP5X

Are ‘#Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?
“Bossware” refers to the technology some managers use to supervise and surveil #employees in the #workplace. In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread. With the rise of #AI, Karen Levy, a professor at Cornell, said has allowed #employers to monitor #workers in “more predictive or granular ways.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/business/bossware-work-surveillance-tools.html
https://archive.ph/AGP5X

Are ‘#Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?
“Bossware” refers to the technology some managers use to supervise and surveil #employees in the #workplace. In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread. With the rise of #AI, Karen Levy, a professor at Cornell, said has allowed #employers to monitor #workers in “more predictive or granular ways.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/business/bossware-work-surveillance-tools.html
https://archive.ph/AGP5X

Are ‘#Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?
“Bossware” refers to the technology some managers use to supervise and surveil #employees in the #workplace. In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread. With the rise of #AI, Karen Levy, a professor at Cornell, said has allowed #employers to monitor #workers in “more predictive or granular ways.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/business/bossware-work-surveillance-tools.html
https://archive.ph/AGP5X

Are ‘#Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?
“Bossware” refers to the technology some managers use to supervise and surveil #employees in the #workplace. In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread. With the rise of #AI, Karen Levy, a professor at Cornell, said has allowed #employers to monitor #workers in “more predictive or granular ways.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/business/bossware-work-surveillance-tools.html
https://archive.ph/AGP5X

👁️‍🗨️ Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty

#ai #privacy #bossware

👁️‍🗨️ Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty

#ai #privacy #bossware

👁️‍🗨️ Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty

#ai #privacy #bossware

👁️‍🗨️ Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty

#ai #privacy #bossware

👁️‍🗨️ Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty

#ai #privacy #bossware

:akkosad: Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work

｢ A memo sent to senior staff this week, and reported in the FT, informed them that promotions to top roles at the corporation would necessitate "regular adoption" of AI tooling, and it is tracking usage ｣

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/accenture_tells_staffers_want_promotion/

#bossware #ai #aislop #accenture #bubble

:akkosad: Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work

｢ A memo sent to senior staff this week, and reported in the FT, informed them that promotions to top roles at the corporation would necessitate "regular adoption" of AI tooling, and it is tracking usage ｣

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/accenture_tells_staffers_want_promotion/

#bossware #ai #aislop #accenture #bubble

:akkosad: Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work

｢ A memo sent to senior staff this week, and reported in the FT, informed them that promotions to top roles at the corporation would necessitate "regular adoption" of AI tooling, and it is tracking usage ｣

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/accenture_tells_staffers_want_promotion/

#bossware #ai #aislop #accenture #bubble

:akkosad: Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work

｢ A memo sent to senior staff this week, and reported in the FT, informed them that promotions to top roles at the corporation would necessitate "regular adoption" of AI tooling, and it is tracking usage ｣

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/accenture_tells_staffers_want_promotion/

#bossware #ai #aislop #accenture #bubble

:akkosad: Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work

｢ A memo sent to senior staff this week, and reported in the FT, informed them that promotions to top roles at the corporation would necessitate "regular adoption" of AI tooling, and it is tracking usage ｣

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/accenture_tells_staffers_want_promotion/

#bossware #ai #aislop #accenture #bubble

🎙️ Episode 10 – The Tattleware Trap

We talk the whole Bossware ecosystem: HTTPS inspection that lets IT read your banking site, OCR screenshots that index every word on your screen, sentiment‑analysis bots that flag “un‑happy” employees, and video that replays your last five minutes of “risky” activity

Want to survive the green‑dot anxiety? We share a handful of counter‑measures

👉 Listen now, stay skeptical, stay safe.
impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Bossware #DigitalSurveillance

Pluralistic: Big Tech joins the race to build the world's heaviest airplane (09 Dec 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/09/temporarily-embarrassed-founders/

Pluralistic: Big Tech joins the race to build the world's heaviest airplane (09 Dec 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/09/temporarily-embarrassed-founders/

Pluralistic: Big Tech joins the race to build the world's heaviest airplane (09 Dec 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/09/temporarily-embarrassed-founders/

Pluralistic: Big Tech joins the race to build the world's heaviest airplane (09 Dec 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/09/temporarily-embarrassed-founders/

Pluralistic: Big Tech joins the race to build the world's heaviest airplane (09 Dec 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/09/temporarily-embarrassed-founders/

Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/

Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/

Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/

Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/

A Third of #UK Firms Using 'Bossware' To #Monitor Workers' Activity, #Survey Reveals - Slashdot
#bossware #privacy #surveillance

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/1747238/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

A Third of #UK Firms Using 'Bossware' To #Monitor Workers' Activity, #Survey Reveals - Slashdot
#bossware #privacy #surveillance

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/1747238/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

A Third of #UK Firms Using 'Bossware' To #Monitor Workers' Activity, #Survey Reveals - Slashdot
#bossware #privacy #surveillance

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/1747238/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

A Third of #UK Firms Using 'Bossware' To #Monitor Workers' Activity, #Survey Reveals - Slashdot
#bossware #privacy #surveillance

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/1747238/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

A Third of #UK Firms Using 'Bossware' To #Monitor Workers' Activity, #Survey Reveals - Slashdot
#bossware #privacy #surveillance

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/1747238/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

A third of #UK firms using ‘#bossware’ to monitor #workers’ activity, survey reveals
Research suggests increase in office snooping is a trend that some #managers claim undermines trust with staff and is probably an underestimate, as roughly the same proportion said they don't know what tracking their organisations do.
Many monitoring systems are aimed at preventing insider threats and safeguarding sensitive information as well as detecting productivity dips.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity

A third of #UK firms using ‘#bossware’ to monitor #workers’ activity, survey reveals
Research suggests increase in office snooping is a trend that some #managers claim undermines trust with staff and is probably an underestimate, as roughly the same proportion said they don't know what tracking their organisations do.
Many monitoring systems are aimed at preventing insider threats and safeguarding sensitive information as well as detecting productivity dips.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity

A third of #UK firms using ‘#bossware’ to monitor #workers’ activity, survey reveals
Research suggests increase in office snooping is a trend that some #managers claim undermines trust with staff and is probably an underestimate, as roughly the same proportion said they don't know what tracking their organisations do.
Many monitoring systems are aimed at preventing insider threats and safeguarding sensitive information as well as detecting productivity dips.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity

A third of #UK firms using ‘#bossware’ to monitor #workers’ activity, survey reveals
Research suggests increase in office snooping is a trend that some #managers claim undermines trust with staff and is probably an underestimate, as roughly the same proportion said they don't know what tracking their organisations do.
Many monitoring systems are aimed at preventing insider threats and safeguarding sensitive information as well as detecting productivity dips.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity

A third of #UK firms using ‘#bossware’ to monitor #workers’ activity, survey reveals
Research suggests increase in office snooping is a trend that some #managers claim undermines trust with staff and is probably an underestimate, as roughly the same proportion said they don't know what tracking their organisations do.
Many monitoring systems are aimed at preventing insider threats and safeguarding sensitive information as well as detecting productivity dips.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity

"You mention the manager wants to see if the employee is really working, I mean, is the manager really working if they're just looking at these screenshots [of employees' desktops] all day?"

#JonathanGood, 2025

https://nz-tech-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/exploring-real-time-chemical-sensing-with-scentian-bio

#podcasts #GorillaTechnology #NZTech #BossWare #WorkplaceSurveillance

"You mention the manager wants to see if the employee is really working, I mean, is the manager really working if they're just looking at these screenshots [of employees' desktops] all day?"

#JonathanGood, 2025

https://nz-tech-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/exploring-real-time-chemical-sensing-with-scentian-bio

#podcasts #GorillaTechnology #NZTech #BossWare #WorkplaceSurveillance

"You mention the manager wants to see if the employee is really working, I mean, is the manager really working if they're just looking at these screenshots [of employees' desktops] all day?"

#JonathanGood, 2025

https://nz-tech-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/exploring-real-time-chemical-sensing-with-scentian-bio

#podcasts #GorillaTechnology #NZTech #BossWare #WorkplaceSurveillance

"You mention the manager wants to see if the employee is really working, I mean, is the manager really working if they're just looking at these screenshots [of employees' desktops] all day?"

#JonathanGood, 2025

https://nz-tech-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/exploring-real-time-chemical-sensing-with-scentian-bio

#podcasts #GorillaTechnology #NZTech #BossWare #WorkplaceSurveillance

The rise of #bossware and workplace surveillance, in places where much of us spend a substantial amount of our time, is a growing concern and a complex issue that crosses both state and federal law.

There is a pressing need for clarity on legal and ethical aspects.

In the meantime, here are some things you can do:

1. Get to know the software. Research unfamiliar apps and browser extensions.

2. Understand the network. Company WiFi and VPNs can track your activity even on personal devices. Use a personal hotspot or a separate VPN service for personal tasks and communications.

3. As a rule of thumb, never trust work apps. Tools like Slack, Zoom, Google Workplace, and Microsoft Office track user activity and allow your employer to retrieve information, such as what meetings you attended and whether you had your camera or microphone on.

Finally, review workplace policies, ask the IT department directly, keep personal and work data separate, and check your state's workplace surveillance laws as they vary across Australia.

The rise of #bossware and workplace surveillance, in places where much of us spend a substantial amount of our time, is a growing concern and a complex issue that crosses both state and federal law.

There is a pressing need for clarity on legal and ethical aspects.

In the meantime, here are some things you can do:

1. Get to know the software. Research unfamiliar apps and browser extensions.

2. Understand the network. Company WiFi and VPNs can track your activity even on personal devices. Use a personal hotspot or a separate VPN service for personal tasks and communications.

3. As a rule of thumb, never trust work apps. Tools like Slack, Zoom, Google Workplace, and Microsoft Office track user activity and allow your employer to retrieve information, such as what meetings you attended and whether you had your camera or microphone on.

Finally, review workplace policies, ask the IT department directly, keep personal and work data separate, and check your state's workplace surveillance laws as they vary across Australia.

The rise of #bossware and workplace surveillance, in places where much of us spend a substantial amount of our time, is a growing concern and a complex issue that crosses both state and federal law.

There is a pressing need for clarity on legal and ethical aspects.

In the meantime, here are some things you can do:

1. Get to know the software. Research unfamiliar apps and browser extensions.

2. Understand the network. Company WiFi and VPNs can track your activity even on personal devices. Use a personal hotspot or a separate VPN service for personal tasks and communications.

3. As a rule of thumb, never trust work apps. Tools like Slack, Zoom, Google Workplace, and Microsoft Office track user activity and allow your employer to retrieve information, such as what meetings you attended and whether you had your camera or microphone on.

Finally, review workplace policies, ask the IT department directly, keep personal and work data separate, and check your state's workplace surveillance laws as they vary across Australia.

The rise of #bossware and workplace surveillance, in places where much of us spend a substantial amount of our time, is a growing concern and a complex issue that crosses both state and federal law.

There is a pressing need for clarity on legal and ethical aspects.

In the meantime, here are some things you can do:

1. Get to know the software. Research unfamiliar apps and browser extensions.

2. Understand the network. Company WiFi and VPNs can track your activity even on personal devices. Use a personal hotspot or a separate VPN service for personal tasks and communications.

3. As a rule of thumb, never trust work apps. Tools like Slack, Zoom, Google Workplace, and Microsoft Office track user activity and allow your employer to retrieve information, such as what meetings you attended and whether you had your camera or microphone on.

Finally, review workplace policies, ask the IT department directly, keep personal and work data separate, and check your state's workplace surveillance laws as they vary across Australia.

The rise of #bossware and workplace surveillance, in places where much of us spend a substantial amount of our time, is a growing concern and a complex issue that crosses both state and federal law.

There is a pressing need for clarity on legal and ethical aspects.

In the meantime, here are some things you can do:

1. Get to know the software. Research unfamiliar apps and browser extensions.

2. Understand the network. Company WiFi and VPNs can track your activity even on personal devices. Use a personal hotspot or a separate VPN service for personal tasks and communications.

3. As a rule of thumb, never trust work apps. Tools like Slack, Zoom, Google Workplace, and Microsoft Office track user activity and allow your employer to retrieve information, such as what meetings you attended and whether you had your camera or microphone on.

Finally, review workplace policies, ask the IT department directly, keep personal and work data separate, and check your state's workplace surveillance laws as they vary across Australia.

#Bossware is not the #FutureOfWork. Nail this Joe Procopio quote to the door of every COO that wants to spend money on monitoring employees:

“There is no such thing as long-term sustainable success without human ingenuity."

https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/tech-industry-workers-have-become-cogs-in-a-broken-system/91157000”