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

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

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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.

It’s weird though, because that is literally what layoffs are for. Maybe trying to get under the press radar, since folks will start freaking out if they announce layoffs?

There are laws like the WARN act that companies would prefer not to deal with.

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

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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.

Am I the only one not against intrusive surveillance provided it's the company computer?

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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.

Am I the only one not against intrusive surveillance provided it's the company computer?

Cameras on in their bedroom seeing a wooden bird peck at it while typing executive reports fed by gpt-6.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s weird though, because that is literally what layoffs are for. Maybe trying to get under the press radar, since folks will start freaking out if they announce layoffs?

There are laws like the WARN act that companies would prefer not to deal with.

It would also expose information about their deal volume which they’d rather not disclose probably, unless they have no choice. Impacts to stock price and the like.

Could also cause a crash in the industry, which they’d rather not start.

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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.

I mean it does not require too sophisticated software to not just look for keyboard activity, but also check if the a activity is withing human limits. Having 120000 keystrokes in 1 minute probably would raise the eyebrows of anyone

So basically a nerfed keylogger? How does that stop USB devices masquerading as keyboards that can type pre-saved content at normal speeds? You could even refresh the content using LLMs so it’s not like it’s typing the same phrase over and over.
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