[ale] Paranoia (was Re: [ale] OT: pc cameras and linux)

John Wells jb at sourceillustrated.com
Fri Aug 16 10:07:59 EDT 2002


Pete,

You're on to me.  I have been evaluating various Ferris Bueller-like
setups for just this purpose ;-)

John

Pete Hardie said:
> John Wells wrote:
>> lol.  Joe, my plan is to take away every argument my employer comes up
>> with to say no to telecommuting.  I don't expect the whole camera
>> thing to last, but it was one the things "they" mentioned in a meeting
>> we held about it.  They're concerned about certain employees not
>> working when at home.  I would tell them that those same employees
>> don't do anything at *work* either, but they'll find out eventually
>> ;-)
>
> And with a carefully orchestrated choice of 'work' clothing and
> lighting, you  can record several feeds of you 'typing' and 'thinking'
> to replay when you need  to get away from the keyboard, but your boss
> would complain.
>
> Just make sure that the feed stops when the phone rings, so they don't
> see you  typing when you should be talking.
>
>
>
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