What I’m Sharing (weekly)
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What I’m Sharing (weekly)
Facial Recognition Is Tech’s Biggest Mistake Mental Health Is Still a ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Subject at Work The True Meaning of eDiscovery Day Tainted Data Can Teach Algorithms the Wrong Lessons DDoS: An Underestimated Threat Tim Berners-Lee launches Google and Facebook-backed plan to fix the web Everyone’s Watching You Online: How to Fight Back…
Shared Links (weekly) Aug. 13, 2023
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Caring for Yourself and Your Mental Health During a Job Search
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Making Time for Our Mental Health and Well-Being within the Hybrid / Remote Workplace
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Wells Fargo, other Wall Street banks fined $549 million for record keeping failures– widespread use of text messaging, WhatsApp, Signal by people in regulated financial industries is a no-no, but how would you stop them from communicating on outside channels?
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Customers First or Employees First?– Kevin says the answer is “yes”?
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Police Make Wrongful Arrest Based on Bad Facial Recognition… Again
Linked: 46% of employees would not share data to improve wellbeing support
I do think this is going to be one of the big balancing acts that organizations are going to have to conduct when it comes to wellbeing. How do I keep track of how my employees are doing, without violating their privacy?
Linked: Cities and States Find New Ways to Tax Streaming Services
I reject that argument too, and here is why.
In order to be a customer of Netflix, Disney+, etc. you need broadband internet access, which runs through those wireline facilities. The ISP is already paying for using the right of way and passing that expense on to you. Any service, streaming video, audio, websites you visit, etc. is using the connection that has already been paid for and passed on to you. Taxing each individual service simply creates a situation where there is one connection using the infrastructure, being paid for over and over again and then being passed back to you over and over again.
