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Microsoft's new 'Productivity Score' lets your boss track how much you use email, Teams, and even whether you turn your camera on during meetings

The tool collects detailed data about how employees are using Microsoft's tools, including how much they use email and whether they turn their camera on during meetings.

The tool, called Productivity Score, was first announced by the company in October and launched on November 17. It allows employers to gather granular data about how their employees are using Microsoft's suite of tools. Christl pointed out that although employers are able to turn off monitoring of individual employees, it's on by default when they first load it up.Bennett Cyphers, a staff technologist at the privacy advocacy Electronic Frontier Foundation, toldtools like Productivity Score could permanently shift the power balance between employers and employees.

 

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Now this is “1984” POTUS

Great feature. If your employees are also inmates.

It doesn’t sound like it tracks when work is really done.

And there is no way in hell I would subject my employees to that kind of monitoring

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Isn't this an invasion of privacy? I wouldn't want anyone to monitor me while I'm working

They forgot about Slack.

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