by M-Tracker | Oct 31, 2026 | Trust without surveillance
Trust without surveillance · 2 min readOffice peacocking is when a company makes its office more attractive, with lounges, cafés, nicer furniture, events and free food, to tempt people back from working at home. Like a peacock showing its feathers, the...
by M-Tracker | Oct 31, 2026 | Trust without surveillance
Trust without surveillance · 2 min readMost lists name the same five: Hubstaff, Time Doctor, ActivTrak, Teramind and Insightful. They differ in detail, but all of them measure the person: active time, apps, sites, screenshots, sometimes keystrokes. None of...
by M-Tracker | Oct 31, 2026 | Trust without surveillance
Trust without surveillance · 2 min readTreat the answer as yes. On a computer the company owns, it can see files, the sites you visit, the apps you install and, if monitoring software is on it, the screen itself. Encrypted content inside websites is harder...
by M-Tracker | Oct 31, 2026 | Trust without surveillance
Trust without surveillance · 2 min readThe benefits are real but narrow: security logs for company devices, attendance records for hourly roles, and evidence if a dispute reaches a lawyer. The drawbacks are wide: trust drops and the best people leave...
by M-Tracker | Oct 31, 2026 | Trust without surveillance
Trust without surveillance · 2 min readIn an office, usually yes in open work areas, with notice, for safety and security. In your home, usually no: in most places an employer cannot require your webcam to stay on all day, and courts have sided with...
by M-Tracker | Oct 31, 2026 | Trust without surveillance
Trust without surveillance · 3 min readOn a company-owned computer, assume the answer is yes. The question is how much. Six signs tell you: a monitoring policy in your handbook or contract, a device management profile, an agent in the task manager that you...
