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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Probably the same pick me they put in charge of Xbox.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

To be fair, this is barely a feature. If you are on WIFI anyone that really cares knows where you are already

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[–] hefty4871@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Before Teams when Evilcorp was using Skype for business the app would update our location within the building.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

So many other apps do this already, including the OS. This is changing your Teams status for you, so coworkers can see if you’re in the office or not.

If your hybrid wfh office has any sort of reservation system then this is likely already happening.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

There’s a web client. I’ll use that from now on if I have to. Should I use any particular browser that prevents access to WiFi details?

I wonder if the web client can be bookmarked to my desktop with the Teams icon.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

firefox or a fork of it, but I would be surprised if teams could read wifi info even in chrome. this is about when you install it as a desktop app, so that it can collect more data and consume more memory than it would otherwise.

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I had the unfortunate requirement to use Teams for about 3 months. I seriously cannot comprehend how a business exec has the audacity to approve it to be used as a company's chat, specially with Slack being the other obvious option, as well as the few open source and self hosted ones. I really wish Teams was nuked. The worst experience I have ever had with a software.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Linux Mint is very easy to use.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Productivity boosters and surveillance go hand in hand.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

And the name of that team: Microsoft

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