Teams now prompts for work location

6 points by backendanon 3y ago ↗ HN

I noticed recently that Teams now asks for my work location, am I remote or in the office. I'm a permanent remote worker, never in the office. This feels kinda Orwellian to me. You know if they're asking that the information is being compiled somewhere for someone to monitor.

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isbvhodnvemrwvn 3y ago ↗

Do you really think that a company like Microsoft, with a ton of corporate software, couldn't already figure out where you were working based on the information compiled from other sources?

backendanon 3y ago ↗

I feel either you didn't grasp the context of my post or I didn't go far enough in detailing why I felt it's an inappropriate feature for them to push.

readyplayernull 3y ago ↗

Just give it random useless information, they will flag you as untrusted training source and stop asking.