Japan pushing mobile monitoring systems: you can monitor employees ' behaviour

Japan cell phone giant KDDI Corporation has recently launched a new mobile phone monitor system, you can use the system owner to monitor staff's every move, simply read employee cell phone equipped with the data in the accelerator, you can get to the employee's whereabouts.

Japan cell phone giant KDDI Corporation has recently launched a new mobile phone monitor system, you can use the system owner to monitor staff's every move, simply read employee cell phone equipped with the data in the accelerator, you can get to the employee's whereabouts.

Developers believe that the mobile surveillance systems in telemedicine will have their abilities, but others question its grave violations of personal privacy.

Developers said, walking, climbing stairs or even cleaning, and other activities can be monitored.

For example, KDDI mobile tied in a cleansing of the wrist, the mobile phone to be able to distinguish between hard scrubbing, gently clean, walk and garbage, and other actions. Therefore, when an employee is not in sight, this new system allows employers to better evaluate the productivity of employees. The company plans to managers, foremen and recruitment companies sold the system.

Japan International University and Director of the mobile consumer lab Philips · Su-cover is of the view that this is a very important innovation in the field of telemedicine, can learn through this technology, but the movements of patients used incorrectly or may be violating privacy.

KDDI Corporation network data on departments of Hengshan margin line said: "this technology will allow company managers to centrally monitor located in different areas of activity of employees and companies are on the way to improve employee productivity in favor of technology.

We are also researching various enables managers through this platform more precise distinction between the various actors of the technical staff. "He also said, of course, when using this system, the employer must obtain the consent of the employee.

But critics believe that this kind of system to control excessive, "big brother"-style management, and open to abuse.