DSS surveillance tech from Japan makes George Orwell upset

July 05th, 2009 | Category: Gadget Corner

We take a break from reporting on the impending doom of the human race to bring you news of the latest innovation designed specifically for making our pre-apocalypse lives miserable. Japanese firm DSS is now offering to snap video cameras and ankle sensors — yes, the same kind that convicts under home arrest have to wear — onto your employees for the ultimate in workplace surveillance. certain, you might find out Bob in accounting takes a really distant lunch, but do you really need to spend $20,000 and piss

off your entire workforce to prove that? Just stalk his Tweets and Facebook status updates like a good old-fashioned employer would do.

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