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New Phone Allows Bosses To Snoop On Staff

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-need-to-talk-about-your-tps-reports dept.

tad001 writes "The Japanese phone giant KDDI has developed a way to track users' movements in fine detail. It works by analyzing the movement of accelerometers, found in many handsets. Activities such as walking, climbing stairs, or even cleaning can be identified, the researchers say. The company plans to sell the service to clients such as managers, foremen, and employment agencies."

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  1. It works by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    My boss just came into my office and told me to get the hell off of Slashdot and get back to work!

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    1. Re:It works by Z00L00K · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's a severe invasion of privacy - have you discussed it with your union representative?

      It's baffling how much control that some people seems to want to have over their peers.

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    2. Re:It works by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 3, Funny

      What? How can it do that? Unless wanking creates extreme readings on the accelerometer, I don't see how...

      ... oh wait, I get it. That doesn't so much make you a wanker, as it does a technophile.

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    3. Re:It works by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      But my code's compiling! http://xkcd.com/303/

    4. Re:It works by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

      Damn straight! You will pry my cock from my cold, dead hands!

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    5. Re:It works by sjames · · Score: 2, Funny

      If they turn on the microphone, you've got them. Then, when you're sure they're listening, have a conversation all about the horrific and eventually fatal torture you'd inflict on the managers if you ever got fired or found out they were spying on you. Just act out your own part and the voice of some horrified other person.

      Then, they're stuck.

    6. Re:It works by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Damn straight! You will pry my cock from my cold, dead hands!

      Don't worry. What is a straight going to do with somebody else's cock?

    7. Re:It works by tftp · · Score: 2, Funny

      What is a straight going to do with somebody else's cock?

      There is an obvious, logical answer to that, but of course a Slashdot geek male would never figure it out :-)

  2. Re:If I suspected my boss issued such a phone by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd do shit like holding it, and moving it back and forth while climbing the stairs. Then they'd be wondering "Why the hell is this guy always vacuuming the stairs?"

    Either that, or I'd be constantly shaking it, and doing weird shit with it, just to screw up their tracking....

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  3. My Boss would wonder if I was alive. by Master+Moose · · Score: 2, Funny

    My Phone always sits on my desk not moving much at all.

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  4. Re:If I suspected my boss issued such a phone by Barny · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think of 2 stepper motors hooked up with USB and a small gyroscope cradle for the phone. Lego mindstorms should have something that will fit the bill.

    "Sir, employee 3392 is doing barrel rolls again!"

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  5. Pennsylvania school district by wisnoskij · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Pennsylvania school district announces that they plan to end their controversial laptop policy and give harmless cell phones to their students to make up for spying on them.

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  6. Re:Wow, a perfect match! by TheMidget · · Score: 4, Funny
    Actually happened in my company. Two people were working late, and hmmm, given that they were the only two left in the company at that time of the day, decided it was time to have a little bit of fun together.

    They carefully locked the office door, just in case, and let the hot and steamy action begin... completely ignoring the security camera from the parking lot that happened to point directly at their office window!

    Next time folks, not only lock the office door, but also close the blinds!

  7. Re:If I suspected my boss issued such a phone by sjames · · Score: 4, Funny

    Attach to a drill and give it a spin. Tell them you had a bit of trouble on your way in to work. Let them rack their brains figuring out what happened.

  8. Oh dear by bunkymag · · Score: 1, Funny

    That quickie in the work closet just got a lot harder.

  9. Re:If I suspected my boss issued such a phone by clarkkent09 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Attach it to a long string and throw it out of the window of a very tall building sometimes. After you got them curious, leave a spiderman costume on the floor of your cubicle and when your boss walks by quickly kick it under the desk.

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  10. I wonder... by BrokenHalo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder how robust those accelerometers are. It occurs to me that it might be possible to permanently screw it up by bribing a construction worker to duct-tape your phone to his jack-hammer for a day...

  11. Time To Contact The Patents Office... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...to patent my new design for the "Feline Cellphone Backpack"!

    Imagine this is your boss's office as he tracks you on his computer screen:

    "Okay, so he's just gone out through his kitchen door... he's climbing the fence into his neighbour's garden... now he's squatting down in their rose bed???"

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  12. GREAT! I should have read this earlier... by cephus440 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... my boss just asked me how my interview went.

  13. Re:Wow, a perfect match! by cerberusss · · Score: 4, Funny

    True story. My now retired dad had his own company, with about 120 employees. One night he was working late and when closing off, he found the head of the tech design department screwing the cleaning lady. My dad told him the conversation went like this:

    Cleaning lady: *moan*
    Manager: "Oh yeah!"
    Dad: *opens door*
    Dad: "Oh hi there!"
    Manager: "Get lost, Paul!!"
    Dad: *laughs* "Don't forget the lights when you're done!"

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