[Gllug] Microsoft applies for patent to monitor workers

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Fri, February 29, 2008 21:00, M.Blackmore wrote:
> MICROSOFT APPLIES FOR PATENT TO MONITOR WORKERS
>
> On January 17th, the Patent Office posted a Microsoft patent application
> for a monitoring system that could link workers to their computers. The
> system could monitor worker’s heart rates, body temperatures, movements,
> and blood pressure. Further, the system could pick up stress or
> frustration, and let the employer know the employee needed help.
> Commentators expressed their concern about privacy issues and worried
> that
> workers could be fired based on what the computer said they were doing.
> The full copy of the application may be found at
> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070300174%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070300174&RS=DN/20070300174
>
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This is old news, see my witty (?) comment on slashdot here:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=420180&cid=22070638

Gabriel.


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