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If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off. (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.