Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 2 years 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-square32fedilinkarrow-up1106cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1106external-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 to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareCyborganismlinkfedilink35•2 years agoOh. Like MS Teams that changes my status if I stop moving my mouse for one minute?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink18•2 years ago… handily defeated by placing your mouse on top of a wristwatch.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoSound plan- I personally run a script that toggles numlock every few minutes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoOr putting something heavy on the left shift key.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years 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-squarefmstratlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThere was a series on this. I think the video on a phone worked best.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•edit-22 years 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.
Oh. Like MS Teams that changes my status if I stop moving my mouse for one minute?
… handily defeated by placing your mouse on top of a wristwatch.
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.
Or putting something heavy on the left shift key.
!? 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.
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.