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Watch out, Microsoft Outlook could soon give away when you're sneakily working from home (www.techradar.com)

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Sneaking in a work from home day could soon be a bit trickier thanks to a new update coming to Microsoft Outlook.

The email provider is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to spot which of their co-workers or colleagues is currently in the office, and therefore possibly free for a quick meeting or able to reply to a message.

The update will use the Work Hours and Location information stored within Outlook to offer up this information, meaning there may be some awkward conversations if your colleagues believe you to be in the office.

In its entry in the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company notes that the feature will be "always on", meaning there may be no getting around what it represents as your office presence.

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[-] JWBananas@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Your M365 admin can already tell by your IP address. Just like they know when you're looking at porn when your IP randomly hops states for a little while.

[-] Blxter@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 months ago

Who be looking at porn on the work PC lol. For me I have to give a ' reason' to disconnect form the work VPN. I do do anything on work PC besides work tbh

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Yeah, never use a work device for anything you're not actually getting paid to do. To do otherwise is just stupid. Save non-work stuff for your own devices.

[-] _spiffy@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

I use my personal computer as a work PC. But I run a VM for the work stuff. It's great.

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

You don't have to make things complicated here. If you want to tell people that you use Linux, just say that.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 3 months ago

You can run VMs in windows tho

I use arch, btw

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I know someone who has said that the office they use at a small firm probably was used by someone who would be not just looking at it, but potentially slinging rope as well.

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