Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages

uriel238 , 4 months ago

We need a labor organization haiku generator the way we have an NSA haiku generator.

Primarily0617 , 4 months ago

Honestly if you work for a large employer, I'd assume that

• they were always monitoring internal chats, just with more primitive keyword-based filters
• they have now upgraded to llm-based filters

admiralteal , 4 months ago

And that the thing they are most concerned with is labor organization.

Maeve , 4 months ago

Absolutely!

Serinus , 4 months ago

I should repeatedly talk about putting unions into SQL queries.

Maeve , 4 months ago

Yes, and it’s still not okay.

Primarily0617 , 4 months ago

no, but lots of things about the employee-employer relationship are fucked up, but refusing to act around that information on principle is likely to affect your career somewhat

we all must toil under society—like it or not, even if the system is bad—while the current system remains in place

uriel238 , 4 months ago

I dunno. If I were forced to toil in current typical toxic conditions, I might be inclined to leave a gross mess in a corporate HQ somewhere.

But then I'm literally crazy and am paid to specifically not do that.

possiblylinux127 , 4 months ago

Suite yourself but I'm fine with the "system"

delirious_owl , 4 months ago

Its not possible on many platforms. I work in security, so I make a point that orgs that I work for dont have the ability to monitor communication platforms.

Its an easy argument to make, because companies want encrypted messages. It protects their so-called IP and their customer's data

neutronst4r , 4 months ago

If your company adds it's own SSL/TLS certificate on every PC, then yes... they can see almost everything.

• Browser traffic? Yes.
• Chat messages? Depends on the program. If it uses the Host OS certificates, then yes.
• Listening in on IP audio and video calls? Theoretically yes.
• AI supported employee sorting based on Union friendliness? You bet.

The buzzword for this is "Next generation firewall" and "TLS decryption".

Your company does not give shit about customer data or your privacy or rights.

thunderfist , 4 months ago

Wells Fargo uses Theta Lake, even going far enough to add it to their startup accelerator program.

folkrav , 4 months ago

Sometimes I forget I’m not on /r/aboringdystopia