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   Anonymous Coward, Dec 30th, 2004 @ 6:14am

   
   

   that's like saying that you'd rather have your company running without a proxy server, because despite the amount of spyware you cut down, you make your employees "anxious". These guys were clocking in 300 hours of overtime at the garbage company until this system was employed. Once it was, it went down to 70. Are there some employers that are going to be incredibly ridiculous about this? Of course there are, but the alternative of simply accusing your drivers of things you're not even sure happened just isn't a great alternative.

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   Who watches the watchers?

   

   Chris Wuestefeld, Dec 30th, 2004 @ 6:35am

   
   

   In a neighboring town a few years ago, most of the police force was dismissed (and some brought up on charges) when it was discovered that police officers' locations, as recorded by previously-secret GPS in the cars, showed them in different locations than what they signed on their formal reports. (the public has never been told where they *really* were)

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   Mike (profile), Dec 30th, 2004 @ 9:27am

   
   

   that's like saying that you'd rather have your company running without a proxy server, because despite the amount of spyware you cut down, you make your employees "anxious".
   
   Er... no. Do proxy servers make people anxious? I don't think so. But the GPS systems have made workers upset and anxious and that can cost.
   
   Also, there's a big difference in what you describe. Setting up a proxy server to block spyware isn't the same as spying on your workers. However, it is similar to using that proxy server to monitor everything your employees do on the job, and as we've said plenty of times that has been shown to NEGATIVELY impact productivity.

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   Anonymous Coward, Dec 30th, 2004 @ 11:48am

   
   

   
   GPS
   
   Guilty till proven innocent ...

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   Boo Hoo

   

   VonSkippy, Dec 30th, 2004 @ 1:01pm

   
   

   "... it seems like companies employing this type of technology might want to consider those unintended consequences as well, and think about ways to minimize the negative ones."
   
   Yeah, like don't hire slackers or cry babies.
   
   What a bunch of whiners crying that their mean old bosses don't want them to take 5 hour lunches and detour a few hundred miles to hook up with their mistresses. If you're a good driver, you got nothing to worry about. If you're not, you deserve to be fired, now they will have the proof to do so.

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   Re: Boo Hoo

   

   Anonymous Coward, Dec 30th, 2004 @ 1:24pm

   
   

   Sometimes when I'm out getting lunch, the place takes a while and I worry about being away from my desk for too long. People might look for me and notice that I've been away for a long time. I think that's called having a job.

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