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Mubarak Shah, a professor of computer science and director of the Computer Vision Lab at the University of Central Florida, is developing software that can track and record what employees are doing while they work.
DON'T worry, it will take a while before it will happen. | |
| laloca 2001-11-11, 10:42 am |
| What an idea and complete nonsense! Where is the innovation? Is it so hard to track everything on a computer that a professor is needed to make it up?
It sounds fine for management but isn't workable in practise. Who should check thousands/millions of logs every day? IT? Controlling? Management ifself? How many people (and costs!!) will I need to monitor if somebody is writing a short private mail instead of a 10 minute call? What will it save?
Rating the efficiency of employees is a management task and not an IT problem. Apart from laws and privacy. | |
| Flem26 2001-11-11, 11:58 am |
| All man Kasor...
I graduated from the University of Central Florida in '99. Tracking employees? That's gotta hurt...man. Those guys at UCF need to slow there roll. | |
| ccieToBe 2001-11-11, 5:04 pm |
| I agree with laloca. I can't be too harsh though since I'll probably be going to UCF next year. | |
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| We just need to wait!
U never know..
Flem26 what can u tell us about UCF?
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| exar07 2001-11-12, 10:01 pm |
| I saw a tech show on TV that had a company that also was promoting that same thing!
The Internet abuse at work is going to be mass punishment for us all. I use the Internet at my job for research and some times to check out other stuff BUT some of the users I support and clicking and downloading on everything in site! And also getting every VIRUS in circulation!
I have one lady that opens every virus without hesitation! My boss will not let me do anything about it either!
Sorry I will get off the soapbox! | |
| Nicole 2001-11-13, 9:54 am |
| I feel your pain. Fortunatley my worst offender got laid off 
Employee spyware has been around for a long time... it's nothing new. Internet usage in particular gets tracked. I don't think anyone really sits and goes through the logs, but I do know companies that do spot checks. And of course it's an excellent tool when you are looking for a reason to fire somebody. Anymore, if you try to fire somebody simply because they are incompetant or not doing their work, you'll get sued for some sort of discrimination. But if you have internet logs of them surfing for porn...
I have mixed feelings. If your company's business processes are being slowed or becoming more expensive because half your employees are downloading game files, it's a legitimate business need to know.
And, quite frankly, I've worked with a lot of people who's personal business consumes half or more of their day, and their work gets foisted off on someone else. Who should get the raise or the promotion? | |
| laloca 2001-11-13, 4:08 pm |
| I agree it's sometimes a pain looking through the proxy logs or "fun" (depends on the point of view) because you're learning much about people and colleagues. But I will always treat it with secrecy until I'm asked by management in case of a probable cause.
Once I informed management about some very "private" and extremely expensive phone calls (I have to sign the bills) by an employee. He had to pay the money back, it was quite embarassing for this guy and management to deal with - to shorten it: at the end I was the mad witch from IT who tattles colleagues ... that's the other side of the medal and also a pain!. I would do it again, but only in case of concrete damage. Surfing a dating line to check a mailbox or looking for some recipes for dinner is not really a damage ...
My point is that spyware only helps to soothen management - everything is safe and under control, another fancy tool to hide behind. But it's demotivating and degrading for both employees and people who have to deal with. | |
| Flem26 2001-11-14, 6:22 pm |
| Well Kasor,
Really not much to tell. It's one of the fastest growing schools down here in Florida. Strong in business and computer science, UCF has definitely made a name for itself to say the least.
I majored in the communications field focusing on advertising and public relations. Never thought it'd lead me to the IT field. If I knew then what I know now, I would majored in programming. Now that's where the money is.
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| I feel sorry for those admin, if they need to point out your buddy to your boss about his internet access log...
We will see ... |
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