Microsoft claims that its MS 365 'productivity score' is not a worker monitoring tool, but should only help diagnose system issues.
Also, MS holds a patent on using 'productivity services data' to single out individuals, deploy 'behavior change' programs, and monitor compliance.
Also, MS holds a patent on using 'productivity services data' to single out individuals, deploy 'behavior change' programs, and monitor compliance.
"Yourself and a group of your colleagues have been provided a focus time plan ... to get your important work done"
Microsoft patent "Systems, methods, and software for implementing a behavior change management program":
freepatentsonline.com/20190259298.pdf
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yro.slashdot.org/story/20/11/29…
Microsoft patent "Systems, methods, and software for implementing a behavior change management program":
freepatentsonline.com/20190259298.pdf
H/T, thx!
yro.slashdot.org/story/20/11/29…
The patent reads like the design of an ubiquitous employee monitoring dystopia, presented in the antiseptic language of benevolent behaviorism.
Patents don't necessarily become products, but it is very close to what MS is already providing. It also mentions data from Office 365.
Patents don't necessarily become products, but it is very close to what MS is already providing. It also mentions data from Office 365.
"The workers' productivity service data may also include metadata ... such as the identity of the application associated with the service data, the activity associated with the service data, the associated worker, and the time the worker used or accessed the application"
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