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Comment You are going to get that app installed how...? (Score 5, Interesting) 115

>PhoneAgent is also Bluetooth-linked to a fitness bracelet worn by the employee

This article leaves a ton of questions unanswered.

Is the app voluntary, or a condition of being employed?

How exactly are you going to get your employees to wear the bracelet, even when they are not at work?

Are the employees aware of how this data is being used prior to allowing the app to be installed on their phones or wearing the tracker? Sorry, "fitness tracker"?

What is the employee's incentive or reward here?

What company is either running this experiment or forcing it on their employees?

etc. etc. etc....

Comment Re:"an app on your phone that communicates with th (Score 2) 47

Replying to my own post, the article summary verbiage now reads:

"companies need you to install an app on your phone that will recognize the beacon in the store. Retailers (like Target and Walmart) that use Bluetooth beacons typically build tracking into their own apps."

Question answered.

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