That's the thing, it's not the existence of the tools that's the problem, it's how they're used. Nobody railed against the manufacturers of punch clocks for the

That's the thing, it's not the existence of the tools that's the problem, it's how they're used. Nobody railed against the manufacturers of punch clocks for their products, but these days most employers have come to realize that this is a poor proxy for measuring productivity and don't use such tools.