[whatatita]

> People's attempts to hide their remote lifestyle are mostly laughable

That can depend on how/where they're staying. If they're at "home" abroad, with a similar time zone, then there's often no way to tell except technically.

I have a team mate who often spends time across the border for weeks at a time. We wouldn't know if she didn't mention it.

We are in the EU though, so working from other EU countries is fine, within limits.

[bombcar]

Timezone is the most noticeable one, but that can be solved by going north or south.

If you go too far of course, then your workmates might notice that it's winter when it should be summer.

And anyone with the login details can see where your login pings are from.

[0x457]

Timezone is noticeable, but really depends on how different and how many "Webcam On" meetings you have. My home office has blackout curtains, so it's always the same light condition regardless of time of the day.

Now, it's hard to attend some meetings when time difference is very dramatic, like it's 1am in your local, but 10am at work HQ.

> If you go too far of course, then your workmates might notice that it's winter when it should be summer.

Doubt. Most of my co-workers use virtual backgrounds. I wear the same home clothes the entire year.

> And anyone with the login details can see where your login pings are from.

Good luck, I have a WireGuard box at my parent's house that I route my work traffic through when needed. Maybe I should start a business of hosting "residential" VPN exit nodes...

[coredog64]

2FA apps record physical location. Now you need to spoof time & location on your phone to log in.

[0x457]

Except I use YubiKey for my 2FA, so where my phone is irrelevant. Moreover, I've never ever granted 2FA app location permissions. Don't even remember any of them asking it. It's generally GeoIP and time is well...the same everywhere?

[Karawebnetwork]

> If you go too far of course, then your workmates might notice that it's winter when it should be summer.

I am curious as to how. Working from home, no one has ever seen the inside of my home. Much less outside of my window.

The temperature of my office is stable through the year.

I can think of fashion colour schemes, makeup and tan. But that would require a lot of observation and not everyone changes those each seasons.

[bombcar]

The assumption is that some absolute modicum of small talk occurs, and the moment you slip up and mention shoveling snow in summer the jig is up.

If all work is entirely work talk it would be easier.

[serjester]

A $20 vpn router you connect to would solve this.