September 24, 2004 1:19 PM

Big Boss is watching you
Posted by Jason Butlerat 1:19 PM

News.com reports on a disturbing new worker-privacy threat: tracking employee movement via the GPS on employee cellphones.

[M]obile tracking firm Xora showed off the latest version of its Nextel GPS (global positioning system) phone software. The company says 1,600 corporate customers have signed up for its services, including "geofences" technology that sets off an alarm at the office when field workers go to preprogrammed off-limits sites, such as a bar or a park.

"There's no electro shock--yet," Xora CEO Sanjay Shirole said.

Just because something is possible doesn't mean it's a good idea.
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