Stefan Mileschin

Employers are still control freaks

While more workers are having to sign in from home, their employers have not given up on their insecurities that they might be having fun rather than working.

A study shows that the demand for employee surveillance software was up 55 percent in June 2020 compared to the pre-pandemic average. The software has included webcam access to random screenshot monitoring, these surveillance software products can record almost everything an employee does on their computer.

VPN review website Top10VPN used its global monitoring data to analyse over 200 terms related to employee surveillance software. It took into account both generic and brand-specific queries for its study which compared searches during March-May 2020 with internet searches in the preceding year.

Global demand for employee monitoring software increased by 108 percent in April, and 70 percent in May 2020 compared with searches carried out the preceding year. Queries for "How to monitor employees working from home" increased by 1,705 percent in April and 652 percent in May 2020 compared with searches carried out the preceding year.

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