Saw this during the update. Not in a production. Anyone know how this is implemented? Probably always been monitored - anyone use this and know more about it?
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Script below actually types the F13 key, not the Shift key. But F13 doesn't exist on most modern keyboards, so it registers a keypress to prevent idle, without interrupting work you might be doing.
There are several workarounds for preventing idle machines and manipulating tracking software. The easiest is:
- create a file. Call it anything you want. Something that looks work related like claimtest.vbs
- Put the following in the file. It will type the Shift key every minute.
Dim WshShel
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Do While True
WshShell.SendKeys("{F13}")
WScript.Sleep(60000)
Loop
- put the following in your startup.cmd
@echo off
start wscript \path\to\claimtest.vbs
- your machine won't be idle unless you ki-l the process (it should show up as claimtest in the Task Manager).
There are more detailed ways to do this. Want to have a coffee break while working from home? I don't recommend leaving this next one running while at the office.
- Open word document
- open text file with content that looks like stuff you would do
- loop the following
- have shell script type several paragraphs from the text file into the word doc
- pause
- switch to Outlook for 10 seconds
- switch back to Word doc
- end loop
Note: if you can't figure out how to do this in VBScript, I bet any AI engine can help out. Note that you won't want to run the typing a document in the background, because if your machine locks, you won't be able to type in your password to unlock it, and you'll have a lot of explaining to do.
Note that if you are a software person and your code commits/PRs to git are being tracked, you'll have to do some actual work at some point. We all know how that works.
- Make a change and commit
- Test and it fails.
- Remove change and commit
- Try something else and commit
- Test and it fails
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Your Verint likes looking at you
Your Verint likes keystrokes
Your Verint enjoys low idle times
Your Verint enjoys the sounds that come out of your microphone.
Your Verint is good at collecting and delivering data to your Supervisor
You must enjoy all facts about your Verint equally… minus 10 points
Everything you do on your work PC is monitored. Do not use it for any personal reason ever.
Verint is tracking software.
We’re being tracked.
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What?