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0 pointsheavyset_go5mo ago0 comments

We have in other domains, there's a reason whistleblower protections and rewards exist.

There needs to be protections and incentives for, for example, low level employees to report their employers when they're privy to them breaking the law.

I'd argue recording people to the point of virtual stalking, selling data, building dossiers, etc is a violation of basic trust and the foundation of a low trust society.

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potato37328425mo ago· 1 in thread

>I'd argue recording people to the point of virtual stalking, selling data, building dossiers, etc is a violation of basic trust and the foundation of a low trust society.

I agree. I'm not sure making the employer-employee relationship worse to prevent it actually makes it better though. Every retail company is doing some amount of security stuff that's adjacent to this even if they're being tasteful.

Can we try "just" making it like normal levels of illegal before we make the employer-employee relationship dynamic worse in any workplace where data that could be used in this way is at all relevant?

heavyset_goOP5mo ago

Implementing workers' rights and protections for whistleblowers improves the employer-employee relationship by protecting honest employees from retaliation from employers who are already intent on violating the law.

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