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UK Government To Spy On Computers of the Jobless
An anonymous reader writes "Jobseekers will be offered the chance to look for work through the new Universal Jobmatch website, which automatically pairs them up with opportunities that suit their skills after scanning their CVs. It will also allow employers to search for new workers among the unemployed and send messages inviting them to interviews. However, their activities may also be tracked using cookies, so their Job Centre advisers know how many searches they have been doing and whether they are turning down viable opportunities. Iain Duncan-Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said the scheme would 'revolutionize' the process of looking for work. He said anyone without a job after signing up to the scheme would be lacking 'imagination.'"
I wonder how quickly this Mr Duncan-smith would change his mind about lacking 'imagination' if he had to choose between picking up trash on the street and cleaning urinals at subway stations. Fuck people like this.. I call stuff like this the 'cry of the successful.' It's full of just as much bullshit as the 'cry of the entitlement princess' and deserves just as much derision.