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Your phone is listening to things you can't even hear storage of the signal, digital software filters require the signal to be stored temporarily. We test 10 employee monitoring tools for tracking user productivity, application and website activity, screen capture and alerts, and much more. Bottom Line: Time Doctor is a cross between project management, time tracking, and employee monitoring software. Bottom Line: ActivTrak.
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Observational artillery Along with the familiar camera and microphone, smartphones can pack a slew of other exquisitely sensitive sensors. Key tap reveal A gyroscope senses how much and in which direction a smartphone rotates with various key taps. Metro motion Subway rides produce smartphone accelerometer readings distinct from other modes of transport. Silently monitor all communications, GPS location tracking and user behavior of a smartphone or a computer from any web browser. My Grandpa have difficulties to find home. He gets lost frequently and all family members worried about this.
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I installed on a Blackberry Regardless of why your business needs this kind of software, employee monitoring tools should be handled with the utmost respect for privacy. For admins, the power that accompanies this kind of software should necessarily surface concerns when it comes to handling confidential or personal data, overseeing managerial access rights over whom they can monitor, and maintaining a level of transparency as to what constitutes "work hours" and whether employees are aware they're being monitored.
The vast majority of the tools in this roundup include strict access controls that allow managers and supervisors viewing admin dashboards to see only the employee profiles and monitoring data of workers they are directly managing and authorized to see. When choosing an employee monitoring tool, another factor to consider is whether the software lets your business decide if the monitoring agents installed on company machines will be visible to employees, disguised under different app or process names or completely incognito.
Some platforms let you turn agent visibility on and off and customize program names. However, in other platforms, a completely stealth agent is the default option. This is also a key factor depending on compliance laws. In Europe, for instance, employers are required to notify employees if they are being monitored this isn't required in the US.
So, while employee monitoring agents are intended in many cases to run as stealthy, blended-into-the-background processes, don't discount the ability to configure visibility and privacy settings when you're researching which product to buy. Consider the case of remote or telecommuting workers.
While an employer may say there is no expectation of privacy on company machines, how do you handle the monitoring of a remote worker who's off the clock but still using their company laptop? Teramind, for example, allows remote employees who have a revealed but not incognito agent to press Start and Stop so that monitoring only happens while the employee is on the clock. However, privacy features in these platforms should and do go beyond that. For example, DeskTime Pro and Time Doctor let admins choose whether to take regular or blurred screenshots to maintain more privacy.
StaffCop Enterprise and Teramind let you build monitoring policies, either for specific users or company-wide, that designate websites or apps you don't want to monitor. So, if an employee logs into their Chase account to check their bank balances, then the agent can suspend monitoring and keystroke logging so as not to record sensitive financial data.
The technology at work in employee monitoring tools can provide tremendous benefits to businesses through comprehensive oversight, data gathering, data reporting, and automation. When choosing the tool that's right for your organization, it's worth keeping Google's old slogan in mind while evaluating the monitoring features, customization, and powerful data gathering capabilities at your company's disposal: Featured Employee Monitoring Software Reviews: Intuitive admin dashboard and user experience.
Automated policy rules and anomaly detection. Live OCR on screen recordings. Can switch agent from stealth to revealed mode. Offers cloud and hosted deployment. Depth of monitoring features can be daunting. This tool's well-designed user interface, depth of advanced functionality, and powerful automation and reporting put it above the rest, earning it our Editors' Choice designation.
No OCR for keyword search within screenshots. It's Google Analytics for your office. Easy to use for admins and end users alike. Nearly endless settings options for administrators. Only 1 GB of storage capacity. Can't schedule time in the future. Only a few minor issues stop it from leading its class. Wide selection of add-on modules and features.
Next to its solar twins, the sun stands out. So DEEProtect distorts the dataset before releasing it to the app, leaving information on word orders alone, since that has little or no bearing on speaker identity. Metro motion Subway rides produce smartphone accelerometer readings distinct from other modes of transport. Cremated remains reveal hints of who is buried at Stonehenge. We will be offering pro-rated refunds to any customers who currently have a contract with Retina-X Studios for these services. Regardless of why your business needs this kind of software, employee monitoring tools should be handled with the utmost respect for privacy. No OCR for keyword search within screenshots.
Chat app and social media monitoring. Powerful notification and report wizards. Compatibility issues and manual settings can make agent installation a hassle. Data takes some time to sync. Though its user interface leaves much to be desired, the tool boasts strong keyword tracking and intuitive wizard-based experiences for building automated notifications and reports. Makes payments and creates invoices within the console.
Old, boring user interface. Requires desktop app or Chrome extension to use stopwatch feature. The tool does everything well but it particularly excels when it comes to employee monitoring. Offers screen-grab and keystroke monitoring. Easy to add time to timesheets prior to shifts. Easy to schedule shifts for employees.
Stopwatch requires a second app on the desktop. No IP address restrictions. But if you need deep insights that aren't standard for time tracking services, then Hubstaff won't be able to help. Audio and video recording. Automated policies and triggers. Full OCR on documents and screenshots. Good reporting and data visualizations. On-premises server setup was maddeningly difficult. Requires virtual machine provisioning to access web dashboard. No cloud-based admin interface. Once you get StaffCop Enterprise set up, it's among the most powerful employee monitoring software solutions available, packing a full range of data gathering, user tracking, and reporting tools.
If not for its on-premises setup process, it would rival Teramind as a best-in-class tool. Full control over data collection. Screen capture with playback.