Welcome Back to the Office. Please Wear This Tracking Device.

Welcome Back to the Office. Please Wear This Tracking Device.
A boom in contact tracing devices could herald a new era of worker surveillance
Dave Gershgorn
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8 min read·
Nov 12, 2020
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Photo illustration sources: PwC; Iv__design/Luis Alvarez/Getty Images
Before April, Radiant RFID, a 16-year-old tech company based in Austin, was mainly in the business of tracking equipment around the workplace. Radiant’s tags, which can use Bluetooth or GPS, can be stuck to anything valuable…
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Written by Dave Gershgorn
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Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.
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