Employers Spying On Workers

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the scary-scary-scary dept

Ah, yet another attempt at scaring workers into thinking big brother is after them. Not much new in this article, but it seems that every few months someone comes out with an article talking about how employers are spying on employee communications. The main twist of this article is saying that it’s not too hard for employers to spy on web based email users, and instant messages either (as opposed to just work-based emails). Of course, you should have known that already. If you’re really doing something bad, there are a lot better methods of covering your tracks than using Hotmail and ICQ…