Microsoft’s new “Productivity Score” helps employers spy on workers – WSWS

Microsoft has expanded the analytics provided with its Office 365 suite of productivity applications into a full-fledged workplace surveillance tool according to privacy advocates.
The tool, called Productivity Score, allows employers to know the number of days a person was active on Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Skype and Teams over the previous four weeks and on what type of device.
The software gives managers access to 73 pieces of granular data about employee behaviors, all of…

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