When the water cooler is a narc

Mentioned: #yxe #ThirdSpaces #Bossware

Иллюзия присутствия: почему удалёнка в IT превратилась в культуру «тихого увольнения» (Quiet Quitting)

Эйфория от повсеместного перехода на удаленный формат работы (Remote First), ставшая визитной карточкой ИТ-индустрии начала 2020-х, к 2026 году сменилась фазой глубокого разочарования менеджмента. Задекларированная свобода и рост продуктивности на практике столкнулись с системным кризисом вовлеченности: размытием трудовой дисциплины, падением мотивации и потерей фокуса со стороны распределенных сотрудников. Ситуация, когда разработчик формально присутствует на созвонах, но фактически утилизирует рабочее время на сторонние проекты, личные дела или симуляцию активности, стала массовой. В настоящем материале мы проведем структурный анализ причин деградации контроля на "удалёнке", разберем, почему классический тайм-трекинг не решает проблему дисциплины, и исследуем экономические последствия низкой включенности инженеров для бизнеса.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1044678/

#удаленная_работа #прокрастинация #таймтрекинг #тимлид #bossware #overemployment #quiet_quitting #психология_it #управление_командой #выгорание

Northeastern University: Workers’ information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals. “Companies are sharing workers’ identifiable information and online activity to third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as ‘bossware,’ new Northeastern University research has revealed.”

Meta and Google get data from the app your boss uses to track you - The Verge

https://piefed.social/c/privacy/p/2079801/meta-and-google-get-data-from-the-app-your-boss-uses-to-track-you-the-verge

Our CERT is releasing a new research into UNC2465, a ransomware affiliate actively distributing Qilin across Europe 🇪🇺.

A TLP:RED version of this research was presented during @botconf
2026.

https://www.orangecyberdefense.com/global/blog/cert-news/smoking-out-an-affiliate-smokedham-qilin-a-few-google-ads-and-some-bossware

UNC2465 primarily relies on malvertising to distribute the SmokedHam backdoor. By pivoting on its delivery infrastructure, we identified a large number of spoofed software like RVTools, @hornetsecurity
, Angry IP Scanner, Remote Desktop Manager...

UNC2465 also relies on bossware like ControlioNet and Teramindco to further blend malicious actions with normal activity and avoid detection.

IOCs are available here:

https://github.com/cert-orangecyberdefense/cti/blob/main/smokedham/iocs

#CTI #ThreatIntel #SmokedHam #UNC2465 #ransomware #Qilin #rvtools #bossware

👁️‍🗨️ Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty

#ai #privacy #bossware

  Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work

｢ A memo sent to senior staff this week, and reported in the FT, informed them that promotions to top roles at the corporation would necessitate "regular adoption" of AI tooling, and it is tracking usage ｣

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/accenture_tells_staffers_want_promotion/

#bossware #ai #aislop #accenture #bubble

🎙️ Episode 10 – The Tattleware Trap

We talk the whole Bossware ecosystem: HTTPS inspection that lets IT read your banking site, OCR screenshots that index every word on your screen, sentiment‑analysis bots that flag “un‑happy” employees, and video that replays your last five minutes of “risky” activity

Want to survive the green‑dot anxiety? We share a handful of counter‑measures

👉 Listen now, stay skeptical, stay safe.
impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Bossware #DigitalSurveillance