The story of the last days A person fired from a remote job for using software that frequently moves the mouse cursor is simulated as someone sitting in front of a computer screen.

However with this story The discussion about the control that companies exercise over their employees is coming up againThey come to monitor them through the equipment they are given from home or even to work in companies.

However, this type of control of their employees’ organizations would become very fashionable after the Covid-19 pandemic, and as everyone had to go home to work, telecommuting eventually fell on society. Now, a large number of professionals stayed behind and carried out activities from their homes or anywhere in the world.

And while this type of technology already existed long before the pandemic reached human lives, it wouldn’t be successful until 2020, at least in the West, when Almost all companies gave their employees a computer with an installed control system and ordered them to continue working from home.

This control software Not only can they monitor monitor screens, but they also have remote access to computer systems, and there have even been cases of spying through webcams.

As for history, it is known that he was a user Reddit who shared his experience with the rest of the Internet users, which led to a massive debate on the platform.

According to the user’s account, he would install an application on the computer known as “mouse jigsawIt consists of A Traffic simulatorThat is, the program automatically moves the cursor and creates the impression that someone is using the computer.

What program did the former employee use?

The software in question is calledcaffeine.exe” and performs the aforementioned functions. The user of the platform tells him whatIt was the company’s cybersecurity team that first identified the application on the computer The company, which then went to the directors of the organization to comment on the conclusion.

next, His boss contacted him and in a curious tone demanded the reason why he had downloaded this application on his computer. “He asked me if I had a business purpose for this and I didn’t have to say a word.”

It should be specified that These systems were not designed to mislead surveillance programs corporations, but its purpose is to prevent the computer from locking up after a short period of inactivity and activating the screen saver, which is annoying when people need to get away from their workstations. Unfortunately, the user reports that in an awkward moment, he did not realize to give this explanation.

The situation was so curious for internet users that the story even made it to TikTok’s ‘Story Time’, where you can read in the comments that They do not recommend installing any software on a corporate computer, as companies can know everything that is done with it.

other users It is recommended to use “Mouse Jiggler” as hardware on the computerThat is, it is not an application, but a device that is connected to the current and placed on the mouse and periodically moves mechanically.

Another piece of advice they’ve shared online is to never accept a job offer that forces workers to use their own computers, and even less if they’re asked to download software, because the equipment could be interfered with.

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