Submission + - Office snooping software tells whether you are a g (cnn.com)
methamorph writes: "A program has been developed by U.S. firm Cataphora and "encompasses a large number of techniques for analyzing emotive tone in electronic communications", according to the company's Web site.
In other words, it can separate the good employees from the bad by analyzing workers 'electronic footprints' — the emails they send, the calls they make and the documents they write.
By doing this it builds up a picture of how an office functions by studying the patterns of who is talking to who, and flagging up causes for concern, like when someone changes language suddenly (a sign of the need for greater security) or STARTS WRITING IN CAPITALS (which could mean a worker is in a highly emotional state)."
In other words, it can separate the good employees from the bad by analyzing workers 'electronic footprints' — the emails they send, the calls they make and the documents they write.
By doing this it builds up a picture of how an office functions by studying the patterns of who is talking to who, and flagging up causes for concern, like when someone changes language suddenly (a sign of the need for greater security) or STARTS WRITING IN CAPITALS (which could mean a worker is in a highly emotional state)."
