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IT department detected use of the Caffeine app – any anti-away alternatives?

My company uses Teams, and it switches your status to “away” if it doesn't detect motion in X minutes., with no way to disable it cause I'm on a Windows laptop and things are locked down super tight. I've been using the app “Caffeine” to counter this, as the away status kicks in WAY too quickly, and the app doesn't require installation. However, being a micromanaged company, recently the IT department detected this and started blocking the app. Anyone know of any alternatives I can use, preferably non-software as they'll just get detected again? I know there are physical “mouse jigglers”, but I believe these are USB devices which is also detectable.


My company uses Teams, and it switches your status to “away” if it doesn't detect motion in X minutes., with no way to disable it cause I'm on a Windows laptop and things are locked down super tight. I've been using the app “Caffeine” to counter this, as the away status kicks in WAY too quickly, and the app doesn't require installation. However, being a micromanaged company, recently the IT department detected this and started blocking the app. Anyone know of any alternatives I can use, preferably non-software as they'll just get detected again? I know there are physical “mouse jigglers”, but I believe these are USB devices which is also detectable.

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