alt Hacker NewsIt’s possible with digital tech, always on mics, and remote work that absolutely every communication within a company could be recorded forever.
Would humanity be better off? Or are people stupider when they are thinking out loud in front of recording devices?
How much do the lawyers deserve to know?
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Better to just have a website for anonymous tip offs where you can download a private key and collect a fat reward if it ends up being used for a prosecution.
Or we could do the opposite and have corporate whistleblowers like the boeing ones mysteriously die off while everyone just makes jokes about it.
> every communication within a company could be recorded forever.
Within 15 years we will probably wear a necklace or other device that will record [at least the audio] of our entire lives. This will have a number of positive benefits (memory augmentation, etc.) but also as train data for AI.
you don't need to wonder, go and read up on the madness that is Bridgewater Associates
> How much do the lawyers deserve to know?
Nothing IMO. They can look at the company's actions. There's no need to invade the privacy of individual employees.
If they were trying to confiscate my personal mobile that I use for work I will never go along with that.
Luckily I live in Europe where the atmosphere is far less litigious.