"Global demand for employee monitoring software increased by 108% in April, and 70% in May 2020 compared with searches carried out the preceding year." Wait a

"Global demand for employee monitoring software increased by 108% in April, and 70% in May 2020 compared with searches carried out the preceding year." Wait a moment. What was the install base of monitoring software in April/May 2019/2020? We don't know from this article. This article is only referencing an article https://www.zdnet.com/article/employee-surveillance-software-demand-increased-as-workers-transitioned-to-home-working/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/employee-surveillance-software... referencing another article https://www.top10vpn.com/research/covid-employee-surveillance/ https://www.top10vpn.com/research/covid-employee-surveillanc... that was only monitoring internet searches. I would like to propose that in this situation searching for monitoring software in no way equates to utilizing monitoring software. Let's just look at one of the companies mentioned in the article. Hubstaff customers up 25%, net revenue up 55%. https://blog.hubstaff.com/year-in-review/ https://blog.hubstaff.com/year-in-review/ Surveillance is of concern but I think the article is very misleading and very overhyped.