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Cory Doctorow has a short story about this kind of surveillance hell, and the disproportionate damage it does to neurodivergent kids.
Audio version: https://craphound.com/littlebrother/2024/09/29/vigilant-a-little-brother-story/
That intro hooked me I'll have to listen later.
Can relate maybe. At my work there was layoffs years back, so if somebody is sick there might be only one person in the manufacturing building with no supervision.
Not legal so they tried to make us use man down radios which alarm if they get tilted. Small grace window to reset. Otherwise it'll blast an alarm across the site. Also have to push a button on it every hour, or, alarm. That happened twice until I refused to wear it and said they could fire me if it came down to it.
It was mental torture worrying about the fucking radio all the time.
I'm still here and nobody uses the radio anymore.
I have to check in with someone every hour if I'm working alone in the building. I actually like that requirement because my job can be dangerous.