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There's a legit use for those, to avoid screen blanking. Also used to keep computers from locking themselves after N minutes of inactivity.
by greglindahl 9y ago
There's a legit use for those, to avoid screen blanking. Also used to keep computers from locking themselves after N minutes of inactivity.
- lostlogin 9y agoIf only there was another way.
- oxguy3 9y agoIf the computer you're on is completely locked down, there really isn't.
- wpietri 9y agoAnd that's the horrific part to me. Instead of making sane software or sane policies, it ends up making perfect sense, at least at an individual's level, to manufacture a piece of specialist hardware that does nothing but jiggle a mouse.
- greglindahl 9y agoOne of the use-cases of the jiggler is during police raids, where they're used to keep a computer from locking itself. Obviously that's not the use-case you're imagining!