'It knows everything': Chinese companies reportedly using GPS smartwatches to monitor street cleaners

Tang Haiping, an employee working in the control room of the company, told reporters the smartwatches allowed the company to broadly monitor the cleaners.

Meanwhile, Zhang Donglin, the deputy manager of the same company, explained to Beijing Youth Daily that the smartwatches reduced the costs associated with managing street cleaners who were expected to work across large areas. "It [has made it] increasingly difficult for the supervisors on patrol and raised the cost of management," Mr Zhang said, arguing against criticisms the technology was a violation of the cleaners' privacy."Workers will turn [the watch] off after work. We won't be able to continue to monitor."Several companies and agencies across Guangzhou, Chengdu, Qingdao and Hangzhou have all reportedly used smartwatches to monitor cleaners since last year.

In Guangzhou, smartwatches are also reportedly used to alert team leaders if the cleaners are found to be stationary for an extended period of time. "This kind of story is alarming because it foreshadows a future where people can have no freedom at all," Ms Wang said.

Interesting that some Queensland Health facilities have quietly rolled out vocera, a system that among other useful functions already has realtime staff tracking. No outcry....

George Orwell was spot on.

They will be replaced by robots in a few years anyway.

~ I Am Constantly Tracked By My Smart Phone ~ ~ Google Monitors My Drivng ~ The Places I Visit ~ ~ Unlike This Report ~ I Still Have A Choice ~

Wow! So soon it will come to Australia.

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