Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoIf you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down113cross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.one
arrow-up195arrow-down1external-linkIf you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.www.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.one
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up36·1 year agoOh. Like MS Teams that changes my status if I stop moving my mouse for one minute?
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-21 year agoI like the idea that this is somehow used as tracking by managers. Everyone in my workplace just agrees it’s a bug in Teams and that you can’t rely on someone’s online status icon to know if they’re around.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year ago… handily defeated by placing your mouse on top of a wristwatch.
minus-squarecamr_on@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year ago!? How tf have I never heard or thought of this. Thanks for the massive increase in non-away time you just gave me
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThere was a series on this. I think the video on a phone worked best.
minus-squareLeftHandedWave@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOr putting something heavy on the left shift key.
minus-squarefreebread@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoSound plan- I personally run a script that toggles numlock every few minutes.
minus-squaretacosplease@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYou can also get a little mouse dongle for a few bucks that plugs into a USB port and tells the computer to wiggle the mouse every few seconds.
Oh. Like MS Teams that changes my status if I stop moving my mouse for one minute?
I like the idea that this is somehow used as tracking by managers. Everyone in my workplace just agrees it’s a bug in Teams and that you can’t rely on someone’s online status icon to know if they’re around.
… handily defeated by placing your mouse on top of a wristwatch.
!? How tf have I never heard or thought of this. Thanks for the massive increase in non-away time you just gave me
There was a series on this. I think the video on a phone worked best.
Or putting something heavy on the left shift key.
Sound plan- I personally run a script that toggles numlock every few minutes.
You can also get a little mouse dongle for a few bucks that plugs into a USB port and tells the computer to wiggle the mouse every few seconds.