[samwestdev]

Same except I used to avoid my employer detecting me going AFK

[pigtailgirl]

-- your employer can know this? - why they want to - you are paid by the minute? - never heard of a company monitoring this --

[JakobH]

Many employer do it over the teams activity status.

[lucb1e]

Pretty sure that isn't legal in most countries where HN'ers work from

Which is not to say that it is not done, but personally I have enough options that I would like to see them try to fire me over something like that. If I'm staring off into the distance to think about something or reading source code without pgdn'ing for five minutes, yes it's not uncommon that my screen turns off while reading something (until I get around to setting the timeout higher at least) but that doesn't mean I'm not working.

[theshrike79]

It's 100% a US only thing.

It was almost a meme on TikTok during the pandemic, (American) people figured out the weirdest ways to keep their Teams bubble green.

[andrewinardeer]

Open new email, a weight on the space bar.

[jannw]

cough! - well, yes, that too - cough!