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.
Mac / iPhone have location services since find my mac / iphone and sends location of your device to apple and nobody gives a fuck, android sees and sends your every action, so is facebook that trains on your voice and photos, but no windows in workplace is your real enemy !
To begin with, all of the things you listed are bad and we complain about them just as much. It’s never a good argument when people complain about some bad thing and your reasoning is “but what about this other bad thing?”.
Secondly, this particular update is not about general location tracking, which Microsoft already does quite a lot of, but also being a narc and telling your boss about it, which adds a whole new layer of reasons to complain.
And to finish off… Yes, Windows in the workplace is your enemy. So is Windows at home. Or in an ATM, supermarket cashier, airport totem, or any other computing device.
they things I listed doesn’t involve earning money so that’s the difference
It’s that any boss would presumably have easy and direct access to the information without having to ask IT. It turns what should be diagnostic/device security information into disciplinarily actionable.
you can change work and don’t give a fuck about teams, you can’t change the things I listed, see the difference ?
“You can change work” has similar, though not as bad, of vibes as “just move to a different state” these days. My resume isn’t good enough for decent appropriate work but also makes me look riskily overqualified for lesser jobs.