Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ School custodian refuses to download phone app that monitors location, says it got her fired

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"The app, called Blip, generates a geofence — a virtual boundary, created by the employer using GPS — that detects when an employee enters or leaves... Companies that make similar apps — such as ActivTrak, Teramind and Hubstaff have told CBC News they've seen a spike in customer inquiries." I think it's telling that the school chose use the system on the lowest paid and least powerful employees. I wonder what the result would be if there were a law that technology like this had to be disseminated from the top down - used first on CEOs, managers and directors. Ah, but they wouldn't tolerate it, would they?

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