TBT: The creative ways your boss is spying on you

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month, last year. View this email in your browser  08.01.19 Early in 2018, Amazon successfully patented an "ultrasonic tracker of a worker's hands to monitor performance of assigned tasks." But that's not the only option for your boss to spy on you. By one study's estimate, 94 percent of organizations currently monitor workers in some way, and the most common techniques are often subtle and undetected. Read all about the creative ways your boss may be spying on you, plus the best WIRED stories from this month, last year, below.   The Creative Ways Your Boss Is Spying on You The most common snooping techniques are relatively subtle, but trouble emerges when employers invest too much significance in these metrics. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year The Wild Inner Workings of a Billion-Dollar Hacking Group The Justice Department announced the arrest of three members of notorious cybercrime group Fin7—and detailed some of their methods in the process. When Bots Teach Themselves to Cheat Even with logical parameters, AI programs can develop shortcuts and workarounds that humans didn't think to deem off-­limits. The Haunting Snapshots of an Environment Under Siege Photographer Edward Burtynsky traveled the globe capturing images of some of the world's most polluted sites. The Techies Turning Kenya Into a Silicon Savannah The country is home to a billion-dollar tech scene. The Coolest Bugatti Ever Goes 18 mph (And Is Made of Lego) Where the "real" Chiron produces 1,500 horsepower from a quad-turbocharged W16 engine and can hit 261 mph, the Lego look-alike makes 5.3 horses from 2,304 tiny motors. Three Science Experiments You Can Do With Your Phone Your phone can measure acceleration, magnetic field, sound, location, and maybe more—which turns it into a portable data collector for science projects. GET WIRED Get 12 months of WIRED for just $49.99 $10.   Stories to help you understand the future.   Subscribe now     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe