You have been warned — no more working from home without permission.

A simple Microsoft 365 Roadmap update will now generate a raft of unhappy headlines. The idea is simple. “When users connect to their organization’s Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in.”

Forget the locational anonymity of a Teams virtual background. Teams will update your location when connected to your company’s WiFi. On video, you may have your usual background complete with company logo. But your boss will know you’re not in work.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
    8·
    12 hours ago

    Teams/outlook has been doing this for a while. This is likely more for making it easier to see who is in the office to coordinate in person stuff like meetings and lunch.

    If you want to be creeped out by Teams and other similar services, it can

    • Detect if a conference room is in use even when not being used for a teams/zoom call.
    • detect your voice and attach it to a transcript.
    • detect your face to assign you name to a teams meeting in a conference room with other people in the room.