bossware
bossware noun: software installed on employees' computers for the purpose of allowing a manager to track their working time and activity.
Noun
bossware (uncountable)
- Software installed on employees' computers for the purpose of allowing a manager to track their working time and activity.
- Our organisation sent us laptops to work from home, but it has some very intrusive bossware installed on it.
- While aimed at helping employers, bossware puts workers’ privacy and security at risk by logging every click and keystroke, covertly gathering information for lawsuits, and using other spying features that go far beyond what is necessary and proportionate to manage a workforce.2020 June 30, Bennett Cypher and Karen Gullo, “Inside the Invasive, Secretive “Bossware” Tracking Workers”, in Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Synonyms:
- tattleware
Synonyms of bossware
Origin of bossware
From boss + -ware.
Questions about bossware
- What does bossware mean?
- Bossware means software installed on employees' computers for the purpose of allowing a manager to track their working time and activity.
- What part of speech is bossware?
- Bossware is a noun.
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