Big brother

Big Brother is watching. SpectorSoft's commercially available monitoring and surveillance software ushers in one of the first Big-Brother-like tools to be introduced. According to Inter@ctive Week, one part of this "spy" software is designed to secretly record everything one's sp...

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Published in:Communication World 2000-12, Vol.18 (1), p.8
Main Author: Kemper, Cynthia L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer privacy
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Electronic surveillance
Employees
Employment policies
Ethics
Internet
Invasion of privacy
Pornography & obscenity
Privacy
Shopping
Software
Surveillance
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Summary:Big Brother is watching. SpectorSoft's commercially available monitoring and surveillance software ushers in one of the first Big-Brother-like tools to be introduced. According to Inter@ctive Week, one part of this "spy" software is designed to secretly record everything one's spouse, children and employees do online on a particular computer. The other part, called eBlaster, lets the user find out everything a spouse, children and employees do online via e-mail. Nearly three-quarters of major US companies are now recording and reviewing their employees' communication, including telephone calls, e-mail and Internet connections, according to the American Management Association.
ISSN:0744-7612