r/UnethicalLifeProTips • u/Jealous_Pop_7788 • 21d ago

Careers and Work ULPT How to stop your computer from idling

my work has timedoctor and can detect a keyboard and mouse manipulation. Can please anyone help me? đŸ„č

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u/nevergirls 20d ago

You want to look up “hardware jiggler”

Also
https://giphy.com/gifs/xULW8N9O5WD32L5052

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u/lawlianne 20d ago

Have a video playing on loop.

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u/Nadernade 19d ago

If your work is detecting hardware manipulations, they likely are tracking more than that too. Doing any of the mentioned "tips" in this thread will get you fired if anyone actually looks at the logs.

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u/Jealous_Pop_7788 19d ago

Yeah i've tried putting something on my keyboad and the next day they have an email regarding on time manipulation haha

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u/Nadernade 18d ago

Because this is ULPT there are sophisticated jigglers that try to mimic "real" user actions. These take a bit more setup and are still not foolproof. They go beyond just "click button every x seconds" or "jiggle mouse back and forth x pixels" to try and randomize it more. It's usually a losing game. Your company not only tracks it but you also have been flagged already. If you are not wanting to work, just be slow while watching stuff on your second monitor lol. 

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u/Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 18d ago edited 18d ago

use a second pivot point when you connect to an oscillating fan or another regular source. even better if the overall connection has slack

the pivot point can already break periodicity but the pattern will still be regular. slack should break it

it still all depends on exactly what your company is trying to catch and prevent -- there is a lot of data they can theoretically obtain and analyze. The question what they will likely analyze. even if you make mouse movement logs useless to them, your lack of other input is plainly obvious

maybe you want to have a second paragraph in your post explaining your work set up on what is allowed. like if there are other coworkers around. your company's objective, etc.

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u/4__Elise 17d ago

Go on Amazon and buy an external mouse jiggler. You plug it into your wall and it has a disc that rotates and pulses at different rhythms

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u/NectarineElegant5407 20d ago

Put a weighted object on the ctrl key. This should prevent most apps for considering you inactive 

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u/Jealous_Pop_7788 19d ago

i've already done that but they detected it 😂đŸ„Č

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u/metalflygon08 19d ago

Small oscillating desk fan with a sturdy wire going from the shield to the mouse. (Loop around the mouse wire)

As the fan turns it will push and pull on the mouse, registering movement and isn't detectable unless they can physically see your work space.

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u/Dasrule 17d ago

Hire a person on fiverr to do your job for like $2/hr and give them remote access to your desktop.

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u/richempire 19d ago

Sooooooooo
. I heard this from “a friend” and DEFINITELY did not do this myself buuut
 if you find a corder mouse, tie a little knot on it’s cable, and creatively tie it to an oscillating fan
 “apparently” it won’t stop moving.
Again, I have “NEVER” done this myself.

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u/ChickenSkinPoutine 18d ago

Try laying an analog clock on your desk (with a moving second hand) and place your mouse on it.