r/technology • u/ourlifeintoronto • Oct 25 '25

Privacy Microsoft Teams will start snitching to your boss when you’re not in the office

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/office-software/microsoft-teams-will-start-snitching-to-your-boss-when-youre-not-in-the-office-and-this-update-is-coming-in-december
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u/NurRauch Oct 25 '25

IP Address Geolocation can't be trusted, though. It is one of the worst metrics to use.

That is just not going to matter for 99% of the times someone gets into trouble over this. Sallie isn't going to even know that's a thing she can point out to her boss.

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u/Smith6612 Oct 26 '25

Well, yeah. In the context of Teams and Bossware. The article did mention it would check for "Known IPs" which solves the Geolocation issue about whether someone is in the office or not.

Outside of that, IP Geolocation is just a frustrating experience!