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livinginfear | 2 years ago

I know. Some people have bought "Mouse Jigglers", and so on to do this. I cringe when I see people buy weird USB devices on eBay for this purpose. Who knows what lurks in the firmware of those things. Some people even buy little hardware turntables that physically jiggle the mouse every so often. On an SOE laptop with all kinds of corporate spyware, you'd have to be pretty game to install a driver to automate the task.

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joseda-hg|2 years ago

You could just plug it into something like a USB Data Blocker, or to a powerbank, that way you don't even have to plug it anywhere in the office

fragmede|2 years ago

USB devices purporting to be a mouse or other human interface device (HID) don't need drivers as there's a spec they follow.

livinginfear|2 years ago

Yes, they should be class compliant devices. When I mentioned drivers I was talking about the possibility of an alternate driver that would simulate the 'jiggling'. I was just throwing one possibility out there. Mainly just to illustrate the point that anything running on your PC would be subject to some scrutiny from the bank.

jdefr89|2 years ago

Windows supplies an API call, SendInput() I believe lol. You can write a script in a couple minutes.

baq|2 years ago

If it’s a bank, you can be pretty sure another bored to death IT security dude will find it and it’ll be the highlight of the month.

The turntable idea is quite good imho. Could also repurpose a toy robot or something.