Microsoft’s Creepy New ‘Productivity Score’ Gamifies Workplace Surveillance – Gizmodo Australia

Microsoft rolled out its new Productivity Score feature this month, which lets bosses track how their employees use Microsofts suite of tools. If that sounds like an Orwellian nightmare in the making to you, youre not alone privacy experts are criticising the company for essentially gamifying workplace surveillance.
When Microsoft first announced the feature in October, the company billed it as a way to provide insights that transform how work gets done to employers. To do this, the tool gathers…

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