Hey RTO folks - Anyone noticing their location being tracked via Teams now?
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Kari’s law and Ray Baum act says they need to identify your location for 911 services.
@ms this company has you all crazed. Sending my support as a former employee
I overheard some managers at say they are putting air tags in PC's. Big push to have people come in for onsite help desk tickets to put them on laptops.
@b8 If it's under calling, it's for 911. It has to update your location so that they know where to respond. Stop being so paranoid.
@ds+1k8rp4qp8 mute your microphone
@da whoa, where did you find that setting on your laptop? Also - windows or mac?
@da laptop option to listen at all times? can you provide more details? where to look to disable this?
If you have it on your phone, it has always been tracking, unless you specifically go through steps to turn it off. I had to verify with our compliance officer once I found out. Very sneaky...also, there is a setting on your laptop to "listen: at all times to learn you for AI better... I turned that off, too.
Years ago Skype had the same thing. “Working near MN101-0100” blah blah blah. Sort of expected it to hit Teams a lot faster than half a decade.
It’s not just “Remote” or “In Office”. It’s a GPS location. If you go to the “Calls” section of Teams, the address of your location is listed wherever you are. My coworker who was not part of the RTO does not have this.
What do you mean? What is making you think this? The “remote” or “in office” has been on teams for almost a year now. What else are you referring to?
@OP You mean this found on msn.com
Scheduled for a December 2025 rollout, Microsoft Teams can automatically detect when you connect to your organization’s Wi-Fi (or plug into a configured desk peripheral) and update your work location to ‘In the office’ or to a specific building, depending on admin configuration
For many who found productivity and peace working remotely, this feels like a surveillance overstep. The tool aims to clarify the locations of team members throughout the workday. This ends the ambiguity that hybrid work schedules often create.
@OP - If you are referring to Working Remotely or Office - that is a standard feature of Teams
All the time for a long time. Are you just noticing? Its like my own little stalker every minute.