Managers who could only measure productivity by butts-in-seats are turning to surveillance software and always-on webcams to measure butts-in-seats at home. If you don't trust your employees and can't measure their productivity, maybe you are the problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/30/work-from-home-surveillance/
This kind of patronizing remote control isn't limited to IT and management. Many tech companies, in the name of security, exercise the same kind of remote control over your computers without your permission. I wrote about the phenomenon here: https://puri.sm/posts/consent-matters-when-tech-takes-remote-control-without-your-permission/
@kyle but there's a difference between managed digital workplace - company-owned and managed pc (a tool given to you to do the job) and byod workplace (a service given to you to do the job). In the former case they don't need a consent, in the later they do.
@kyle and tbh even in former case the consent is given - when you receive your PC from the IT dep you sign the asset list which I'm pretty sure normally contains the consent. It's just no-one reads that (as any other digital license agreement).
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Wow...
"Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop"