Just how often are you being watched?
By now, you probably know that anything you email from your company account or anything you text from a company phone can be seen and read by your employer. (And if you didn’t know that, you now you do.) But that’s just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what employers can and do monitor while you’re working. “Employers vary in the ways and techniques they monitor employees’ computer behavior,” explains Mike Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Wilderness Times. “Most people think the only risk is that their boss peeps over their shoulder and sees them on Facebook. This falls short, since they can track your data on your computer.”
The best thing to do is assume they are always watching. “This means being mindful of what you post, write, or read online,” says Miller. “Remember: When you use a work computer, that’s their computer, and they can install any software they want on it. That includes software to take screenshots of your browsing, log your keystrokes, and record your history.” See below for the various ways that employers can monitor you, and also learn about the household devices that could be spying on you right now.
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