According to the post, the worker was asked to “sign a PIP,” or performance improvement plan, after their company’s security team notified their manager that they were using a mouse jiggler app.

It Could Backfire “I'm so tired of seeing ‘I only work 3 hours,’ ‘Mouse jiggler saved my life,’ ‘How do I work 2 WFH jobs,’ ‘I do nothing,'” they wrote. “We get it. However, I ...

We’re also intrigued by the Honkid Mouse Jiggler ($14, Amazon), whose dongle has a display that shows just how long you’ve been idle. You can purchase it with either a USB-A or USB-C port.

mouse jiggler 3 Articles . Hackaday Links: June 16, 2024. June 16, 2024 by Dan Maloney 16 Comments . Attention, slackers — if you do remote work for a financial institution, using a mouse ...

Remote workers using ‘mouse-mover’ technology are getting caught Last month, Wells Fargo reportedly fired over a dozen employees for using tools that fake productivity at work.

The problem with a mouse jiggler for the purpose of fooling your boss/company is that if your computer shows that you are at your desk and your boss calls or IMs you, and you don’t answer, you ...

Writer Jeff Yang unpacks the “bossware” battle that was thrust into the spotlight when Wells Fargo laid off about a dozen employees for using devices meant to deceive their employers into ...

Not so undetectable. Most mouse jigglers on the market are detectable, says Ilya Kleyman, Teramind’s chief growth officer. A ...

As for Mouse Jiggler, same deal -- but with your cursor. Just run the tiny app as needed and click Enable Jiggle. After a couple seconds, you'll see your pointer start to, well, jiggle.

As one jiggler buyer wrote this month in an Amazon (AMZN) review praising a $34.99 "mouse-mover" device: "If my mouse hasn't moved for 4 minutes, I go into idle & that time goes against my ...