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Re: Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?

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Post by bri3d »

semiquaver wrote: post #46
bri3d wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The implementation details are sketchy/weak in all sources I can find, but I don't think it's pure (coordinates based) location tracking, but rather a "feature" that will show which WiFi network you're connected to as your Teams status. It's pitched as "what building you're in at the office," which seems like a stretch. It's also kind of unclear whether the blog post is correct that it would show the name of another…

> what building you're in at the office This makes no sense. Every multi-building campus I’ve ever seen uses the same SSID for all APs across buildings.

Yeah, the whole feature brief seems like either a really flimsy cover story or truly awful product management since it's a completely useless feature.

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Post by jdmichal »

reactordev wrote: post #24
delusional wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any middle management thinking of enabling this technology will make it mandatory. If you blackhole the traffic, that's also reason to fire you.

Do they need a reason anymore? Most US is at-will to work.

They don't need a reason to fire you. They need a reason to fire you and not pay unemployment benefits.

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

bri3d wrote: post #11

Here's the actual "roadmap" feature (scroll to the bottom where the filtered list is): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?search... The actual feature brief is: "When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will soon be able to automatically update their work location to reflect the building they're working from. This feature will be off by default. Tenant admins will decide whether to e…

>If you decide to take a "working lunch" and connect to "Starbucks_Guest_WiFi", your boss sees it instantly

Can't you just rename your home wifi SSID to be whatever your Work wifi is called?

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Post by salawat »

assaddayinh wrote: post #51

Society feels like a prison and the warden is watching.

This is exactly the end state we'll end up in unless the technology sector starts saying no to implementing the tools of petty tyranny.

Hint: Bossware and most things the MBA's drool over.

Unfortunately, there's enough people out there that are fine with implementing said features if it means they get a paycheck; even if it ruins the world for everyone else.

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Post by krelian »

kevinh wrote: post #19

This article is like 300 words. Would it have killed them to not generate it using AI?

Maybe this will change one day but at the current moment this is an immediate turnoff. It's like someone trying to show you their project day 1 and it's a page filled with ads and a newsletter popup. You may have good reasons to do that but it doesn't instill a sense of trust and quality.

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Post by brainzap »

bri3d wrote: post #11

Here's the actual "roadmap" feature (scroll to the bottom where the filtered list is): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?search... The actual feature brief is: "When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will soon be able to automatically update their work location to reflect the building they're working from. This feature will be off by default. Tenant admins will decide whether to e…

I think its cool, so I can who is in the office for lunch.

Currently I manually check device IPs.

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Post by chorlton2080 »

triceratops wrote: post #25

FTA > Remember when you could text Dave from the office to turn your PC on because you were stuck in traffic? I honestly don't. This was a thing? Why? > So if you decide to take a "working lunch" and connect to "Starbucks_Guest_WiFi", your boss sees it instantly. I would have a lot of fun with "creative" names for my Wi-fi network.

I think they would have thought of that and are likely using MAC addresses and a lookup table tied up Active Server, etc.

Yes, MAC addresses can be spoofed, but that isn't going to be what most employees will do.

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Post by silverwind »

bri3d wrote: post #11

Here's the actual "roadmap" feature (scroll to the bottom where the filtered list is): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?search... The actual feature brief is: "When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will soon be able to automatically update their work location to reflect the building they're working from. This feature will be off by default. Tenant admins will decide whether to e…

Should be restricted to only "in office" vs "not in office", no showing the wifi name. Also, the lack of wired network support seems odd.
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