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March 10th, 2010, 15:40
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Sci-fi movies often present us with omniscient villains who are able to track the most minute actions of their underlings and foes. Rarely do we get a glimpse into their surveillance systems, but you have to imagine that some of the more rudimentary "employee evaluation" hardware will not be too far off from KDDI (http://www.engadget.com/tag/kddi)'s latest. The Japanese cellphone giant has unveiled a new system, built around accelerometers, that can detect the difference between a cleaner scrubbing or sweeping a floor and merely walking along it. Based on new analytical software, stored remotely, this should provide not only accurate positional information (http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/05/dss-surveillance-tech-from-japan-makes-george-orwell-upset/) about workers, but also a detailed breakdown of their activities. The benefits touted include "central monitoring, "salesforce optimisation," and improvements in employee efficiency. We're guessing privacy concerns (http://www.engadget.com/tag/privacy) were filed away in a collateral damage folder somewhere.KDDI concocts snooping mobile phones, line managers rub hands with glee (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/kddi-concocts-snooping-mobile-phones-line-managers-rub-hands-wi/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Sci-fi movies often present us with omniscient villains who are able to track the most minute actions of their underlings and foes. Rarely do we get a glimpse into their surveillance systems, but you have to imagine that some of the more rudimentary "employee evaluation" hardware will not be too far off from KDDI (http://www.engadget.com/tag/kddi)'s latest. The Japanese cellphone giant has unveiled a new system, built around accelerometers, that can detect the difference between a cleaner scrubbing or sweeping a floor and merely walking along it. Based on new analytical software, stored remotely, this should provide not only accurate positional information (http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/05/dss-surveillance-tech-from-japan-makes-george-orwell-upset/) about workers, but also a detailed breakdown of their activities. The benefits touted include "central monitoring, "salesforce optimisation," and improvements in employee efficiency. We're guessing privacy concerns (http://www.engadget.com/tag/privacy) were filed away in a collateral damage folder somewhere.KDDI concocts snooping mobile phones, line managers rub hands with glee (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/kddi-concocts-snooping-mobile-phones-line-managers-rub-hands-wi/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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