If body cams get cheaper and cheaper, companies might start asking more people to wear them while working.
E.g.: https://coloradosun.com/2024/07/31/youth-corrections-audio-surveillance/
I could see this for doctors, at restaurants, stores, etc… eventually.
Are you ready to wear one?
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Sure. Why not? It will probably work like it does with US police officers, magically turning off right before the
murder takes placeself defence happens.Seriously, I wouldn’t care at all. But it’s still a stupid idea and I would strongly oppose it. Even if only in solidarity with people it would fuck over.
“Self defence”
Plot twist: you work at Home Depot.
You want this for DOCTORS? You want your private health information record like this? Are you freaking nuts?
It’d be on record by the same organisation that has access to your medical records anyway. Doctors are frequently known for abuse of power over disabled patients, trans patients, racialised patients, etc, so it makes it easier to take action against negligent/abusive doctors.
My doctor writes shit on papaerz in a filing cabinet. That’s a whole lot better than digitally where it can easily be mass exfiltrated.
But what about […] repair people who go into homes
As someone who would be paying for their services, hell no they aren’t bringing their camera into my home.
are you ready to wear one?
I’m ready to make anelton john style jacket full of infrared leds
I fucking love this idea!!!
What’s stopping you?
No. Mine isn’t the sort of job where bad interactions with customer happen. Everyone is white collar for the most part and the aggression comes in a written contract with a gaggle of lawyers reading every word.
Hell no. That would turn anything other than unflinching obsequiousness towards obnoxious clients and potential fraudsters into a firing offense. Specially in the already dystopian US job market.
Absolutely not, as that would mean my company violates my country’s privacy laws. In my field of work there is no valid reason for wearing a body cam.
Never.
I’ve considered it, mainly because it’d be useful for me to document what I do and how while keeping my hands free.
My job involves a lot of hardware troubleshooting, and when people ask me a year later when and how some specific issue was resolved and how, it’d be a whole lot easier to check the tape.
Yes, taking notes is possible, but when you’re troubleshooting an industrial system, and downtime costs 40.000$ per hour, updating your diary isn’t exactly a priority.
Hell no, cops however should have less control over the cameras they wear.
Everyone in the building wears one regardless.
My management or owners are not allowed to see the content and it can only be reviewed by a third party arbitration.
If the camera is off I might as well be dead to my employers and coworkers.
My pay increases proportionally to the success of the business.
A few of the supermarkets in my country have this as an option for staff. Since the pandemic there’s been an alarming rise in public attacking shop staff.
That’s absolutely wild.
Depends on the pay differential and other options. I think it’s less useful for positions in my career, but it’s not an absolute no.
Absolutely. No better way to prove that you’ve been mistreated by customers or coworkers.
Oh, yes if you keep control over the video. Don’t trust your employer to use it for benefit though.
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