Cell Phones, Privacy, and Technological Voyuerism

€uroMeinke · 07-28-2005, 07:07 PM

What intrigues me is the blurring of private and public lives. On the one hand our jobs give us cell phones, laptops, blackberries, so we can be accessible 24/7. Most companies understand there will be some private use of their equipment.

Yet, companies are conceerned about their repution and the impact their employees private activities can have on them. Usually, though comapny's go this direction becasue of public outcry or fear of litigation. It makes me wonder if in the future, your employment may require a certain level of monitored and measurable morality - i.e. no porn/mp3/off color jokes etc.

I think both Companies and the Governement are just reacting to what they think they hear the public saying.

07-28-2005, 07:07 PM	#11
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,672	What intrigues me is the blurring of private and public lives. On the one hand our jobs give us cell phones, laptops, blackberries, so we can be accessible 24/7. Most companies understand there will be some private use of their equipment. Yet, companies are conceerned about their repution and the impact their employees private activities can have on them. Usually, though comapny's go this direction becasue of public outcry or fear of litigation. It makes me wonder if in the future, your employment may require a certain level of monitored and measurable morality - i.e. no porn/mp3/off color jokes etc. I think both Companies and the Governement are just reacting to what they think they hear the public saying. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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