And this is why I haven’t installed Teams on my personal computer. If it was less invasive, I would, but it’s just potential bossware masquerading as “productivity tools.”
That shit stays on my work computer, and I just VPN into it.
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gdog05@lemmy.world 1 month agoIt can be turned on by the IT dept in a large office. It has a different icon for in office network connection vs not. Not every IT dept uses it. Some treat other employees like adults, for instance.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 month ago
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
I’m not putting any work stuff on by home computer. I’m not giving work admin rights to that.
candybrie@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Do VPNs make that feature kind of pointless? We can’t access most things from home without going through a VPN. Every where I’ve worked (and gone to school) was like that.
lud@lemm.ee 1 month ago
It should be noted that work location is a self report tool designed to make collaboration easier so colleagues can know where you are and potentially align their work from home schedules with yours.
We use a slack app for the same purpose, and it works great.
gdog05@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s not just a self reporting feature it seems. Our IT accidentally turned it on (as I understand) for a day by adding building info to one of the supervisors account. It then showed if you were in the same location (building) than your supervisor.
lud@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Do you mean it used the information from AD/Entra or was it tracking you?
gdog05@lemmy.world 1 month ago
corroded@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Having my status turn yellow when I so much as look away from my screen is bad enough. I really hope this “feature” stays off.