tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post4356557690374847340..comments2024-03-27T21:10:10.606-07:00Comments on eLearning Technology: Tracking Social Media for Possible Confidentiality ViolationsTony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-45654505418641829622007-07-12T11:10:00.000-07:002007-07-12T11:10:00.000-07:00I remember a program that employers could use to s...I remember a program that employers could use to scan every employee's email. It was marketed as a knowledge management tool; the idea was that you were "capturing" their knowledge by tracking email conversations. The company - I think it was called Exist (not to be confused with the Exist database system) - was eventually bought by IBM, whereupon it vanished.<BR/><BR/>I am also aware of various keyboard-logging programs that are used by companies to watch every word typed by their staff.<BR/><BR/>So this program is nothing new; it's just the same old snooping applied in a Web 2.0 environment. <BR/><BR/>I will simply observe that people have a lot of tolerance for behaviour by corporations that they would rise in rebellion against were it practiced by a government.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.com