No kidding!
We have some ridiculous timeout on our work machines that triggers the screensaver after 2 minutes of idle time (we can’t change this).
After it’s triggered, you need to enter your password to unlock (company mandated, 10 chars minimum, no repeating chars, at least 1 upper and 1 lower case char, at least 1 special symbol, change every 90 days, can't be too similar to last 10(!) passwords).
Okay, this is annoying. So, for the longest time, I used an open source mouse jiggler app (basically simulated cursor movement).
This worked fine until a recent software update. I wondered why my screen saver was being triggered again. Oh, the mouse jiggler isn’t running! Let’s open it up.
A big dialog box appears on the screen: “THIS APPLICATION VIOLATES COMPANY POLICY AND ITS USAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.”
Oh… cool.
I went on Amazon and ordered some $5 hardware mouse jiggler dongle. That worked for about a month or so.
Then suddenly, I started getting CrowdStrike notifications: “Functions of a USB device were restricted according to company policy.”
Fun times!
It’s only a matter of time until Zoom starts sending reports of whether I had the window in focus or not during meetings with management.
We have some ridiculous timeout on our work machines that triggers the screensaver after 2 minutes of idle time (we can’t change this).
After it’s triggered, you need to enter your password to unlock (company mandated, 10 chars minimum, no repeating chars, at least 1 upper and 1 lower case char, at least 1 special symbol, change every 90 days, can't be too similar to last 10(!) passwords).
Okay, this is annoying. So, for the longest time, I used an open source mouse jiggler app (basically simulated cursor movement).
This worked fine until a recent software update. I wondered why my screen saver was being triggered again. Oh, the mouse jiggler isn’t running! Let’s open it up.
A big dialog box appears on the screen: “THIS APPLICATION VIOLATES COMPANY POLICY AND ITS USAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.”
Oh… cool.
I went on Amazon and ordered some $5 hardware mouse jiggler dongle. That worked for about a month or so.
Then suddenly, I started getting CrowdStrike notifications: “Functions of a USB device were restricted according to company policy.”
Fun times!
It’s only a matter of time until Zoom starts sending reports of whether I had the window in focus or not during meetings with management.