I’m all about technology folks. I’m serious. I sleep with my iPhone I love it so much.

But all this video chat and video conferencing is going to do more damage to worker freedom, worker privacy and worker fun than any technology to date.

Yes worker fun. Check out this FedEx ad:

And forget about your privacy.

Right now, if you’re on the phone during a conference call no one will know if you pull up your sock or adjust your bra, or even take off your bra. Yes, this happens gentleman. Sometimes, after a long day, women are anxious to get the breast harness off and they masterfully remove the bra without taking off their tops.

Here’s a funny YouTube video that a PR person for a video conferencing company called ooVoo sent me of a woman doing the bra maneuver:

The PR person found this video and suspects it’s not real, but the message it sends to me is clear, Big Brother is now watching big time.

Companies are touting these video conferences as a way to stay connected with far-flung employees, especially during a recession because no one wants to spend the money on actually getting workers together face to face.

But workers beware, you’re on stage my friends and what you do could come back to haunt you.

ooVoo provided some etiquette tips for all of you, ones they put together with Beverly Hills Manners, to “maximize the outcome of video chat and video conferencing.”

Or, in other words, keep people from making fools of themselves.

Here are some highlights:

* Video chat is perfect for demonstrations and showing product. Remember to bring props and visuals to take advantage of the show and tell atmosphere.
* Dress properly as you would for any business meeting – avoid bright colors, which are particularly distracting on video and avoid dangling jewelry .
* Mute your cell phone, landline, Blackberry and other devices that can interrupt your meeting.
* Make a positive first impression by properly introducing yourself and/or others in attendance. Don’t let the cool factor of having global connections on video chat distract you from the important first steps.
* Pay attention and listen – if you try to fake it, you’ll be caught. So no looking down at your Blackberry during the meeting and no multi-tasking.
* Acknowledge the power of your body language – consider how you are perceived from someone else’s point of view and avoid personal gestures such as hair playing, scratching, picking, etc.

Picking?

OK, I wasn’t going to go there, but it’s true. No one wants to see you pick your nose.

And scratching?

I had an editor once who would often scratch his private parts, and not in the privacy of his office. He would scratch them out in the open, even during the daily editorial meetings. It didn’t seem to hurt his career, and we would all laugh about it.

Well, he was the boss after all.

For the rest of us lowly rank and filers though, corporate candid camera may not end up being so funny.