Friday, November 27, 2015

Are Wearables in the Workplace Just a Tool for Surveillance?

Dave Eggers' book, The Circle features a company something like a combination of today's Facebook, Google and Apple. Workers are subject to constant surveillance that initially seems beneficial, but becomes increasingly powerful and overreaching as the story develops.

Is it a dystopian fantasy, predictions of the future or an utopian ideal?

In this article I'm going to break down some of the fact and fiction of workplace surveillance through wearables.

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by Cate Lawrence via SitePoint

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