Meta will let employees stop being tracked, for 30 minutes at a time
04-06-2026 18:08 via thenextweb.com

Meta will let employees stop being tracked, for 30 minutes at a time

When Meta announced in April that it would install software on US employees’ work computers to capture their keystrokes, mouse clicks, and screenshots for AI training, the company’s head of technology Andrew Bosworth was blunt: “There is no option to opt out of this on your work provided laptop.” Two months and more than 1,500 petition signatures […]
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