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"Pre-Crime" Comes To the HR Dept.
storagedude writes "Like something out of the Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report, a startup called Social Intelligence is mining social media to weed out job applicants based on their potential for violence, drug abuse or just plain bad judgment. The startup also combs sites like Facebook and Twitter to monitor current employees, presumably to monitor compliance with company social media policy, but as the criteria are company-defined, anything's possible. Just one more reason to watch what you post, folks."
I am in favour if they are testing for spelling and grammar.
Otherwise, not so much.
Notthepainter, could you come see me in my office? I want to talk about your public discussions of my web stalking activities.
-the boss
That's my point, we don't live pre-'95 anymore and the richness of the online experience has become integral to our modern lives.
Or contraction challenged for that matter.
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I'm Canadian, you insensitive clod.
Yeah. Just Photoshop a picture of your least favorite co-worker in a very embarrassing position, stick it in a Facebook profile somewhere, wait for it to get tagged, and that employee is gone.
Back in the old days, stalking was hard work, following people for hours on foot or by car, all the time trying to remain unnoticed. Many nights were spent sitting in trees in the rain peering in windows.
You webstalkers with typing into your google search and clicking enter.
Nuts.
The exact factors use to calculate FICO score depend on the person."
Meanwhile, inside the FICO facilities...
An alarm buzz sounds. A pigeon grabs a white card from a stack. Next to it, an operator reads the card and types it in a nearby computer.
A few miles away...
Sorry, sir, your FICO score tells us you're disqualified.
I'd like to go to their office and show them my potential for violence face-to-face.
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey