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Remote workers using 'mouse-mover' technology are getting caught

by simula67 on 6/16/24, 10:42 AM with 14 comments

• by rightbyte on 6/16/24, 1:17 PM

  It would seem like mouse movement is a bad metric to incentivize.

  The paranoid people using mouse wigglers were right about management tracking it.

  Or maybe they just thought the autologout was annoying...

• by bequanna on 6/16/24, 1:11 PM

  Wells Fargo has a giant mortgage processing division with floors of people who have nothing to do since there are few new mortgages and virtually no refinance activity.

  They are likely actively looking for people to fire.

• by mensetmanusman on 6/16/24, 4:40 PM

  Amazon review:

  “Lost my job and livelihood getting caught with this. Had to give up kids to adoption due to health care costs. Definitely jiggled the mouse though. 3 stars.”

• by Grimeton on 6/16/24, 10:50 AM

  So they can catch this, but cheating in computer games.....

• by phantompeace on 6/16/24, 1:13 PM

  Good luck catching the ones that put something on the space bar in a text box. Without intrusive surveillance there’s no way to tell if it’s legit work or not.