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What would your boss learn if they could monitor your working from home?

As coronavirus has forced millions of us to work from home, there鈥檚 been a big surge in demand for software that allows managers to monitor their employees.

Technology could allow your boss to check up on the websites you are looking at, the time you spend on work documents or even use GPS to make sure you are actually at home.

So, could this help you become more productive while working in lockdown or might it just be a bit creep?

Adam Satariano is the New York Times' technology correspondent in Europe. He鈥檚 been using one example of this software, Hubstaff, to monitor his own working activity.

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