cyborganism comments on If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh. Like MS Teams that changes my status if I stop moving my mouse for one minute?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago*

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.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

... handily defeated by placing your mouse on top of a wristwatch.

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[–] camr_on@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

!? How tf have I never heard or thought of this. Thanks for the massive increase in non-away time you just gave me

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 2 years ago

There was a series on this. I think the video on a phone worked best.

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[–] LeftHandedWave@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Or putting something heavy on the left shift key.

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[–] freebread@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Sound plan- I personally run a script that toggles numlock every few minutes.

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[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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.

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