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by wpietri 2976 days ago
To my combined horror and joy, you can now just buy a commercial mouse jiggler: https://www.amazon.com/WiebeTech-Programmable-Mouse-Jiggler-...
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WiebeTech sells a bunch of interesting computer forensics hardware. I’m guessing these are typically used by law enforcement when seizing unlocked computers to keep them unlocked.
There's a legit use for those, to avoid screen blanking. Also used to keep computers from locking themselves after N minutes of inactivity.
If only there was another way.
If the computer you're on is completely locked down, there really isn't.
And that's the horrific part to me. Instead of making sane software or sane policies, it ends up making perfect sense, at least at an individual's level, to manufacture a piece of specialist hardware that does nothing but jiggle a mouse.
One of the use-cases of the jiggler is during police raids, where they're used to keep a computer from locking itself. Obviously that's not the use-case you're imagining!
I bought one for my wife so she doesn't appear "away" on Skype while working from home which is very helpful.