{"id":104839,"date":"2024-06-14T18:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T18:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/remote-workers-using-mouse-mover-technology-are-getting-caught\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T18:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T18:05:24","slug":"remote-workers-using-mouse-mover-technology-are-getting-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/remote-workers-using-mouse-mover-technology-are-getting-caught\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote workers using \u201cmouse-mover\u201d technology are getting caught"},"content":{"rendered":"


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According to\u00a0a report from\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> based on \u201cdisclosures filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority<\/a>,\u201d last month, Wells Fargo fired \u201cmore than a dozen employees\u201d after an investigation revealed they were using devices or apps to simulate productivity on their computers. What\u2019s not known is how over a dozen staffers had jobs where their productivity could be measured by mouse movements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The FINRA disclosures did not reveal whether the terminated employees were caught using the tools while working remotely, according to Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>, but they were all part of Wells Fargo\u2019s \u201cwealth- and investment-management unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The devices and software in question have existed for years but skyrocketed in popularity during the pandemic when many employees suddenly found themselves working from home without any in-person supervision. Readily available online, the devices and apps are frequently referred to as \u201cmouse movers\u201d or \u201cmouse jigglers\u201d because they can autonomously move a computer\u2019s cursor or trigger phantom keyboard entries without any human intervention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Many companies rely on software to monitor these inputs as a way to ensure that remote employees are actually at their computers and being productive, and as remote working has continued after the pandemic, these monitoring tools have grown more sophisticated with the ability to now spot the patterns, however random they may seem, that a \u201cmouse jiggler\u201d is in use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s a cat-and-mouse game (no pun intended) that\u2019s going to continue to evolve as both \u201cmouse jigglers\u201d and the detection tools improve. There may never be a clear winner, but as the popularity of working remotely continues to grow, a better approach will be for companies to simply redefine how they measure productivity for employees outside of the office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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