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I'm too forgetful to log and fill in time sheets reliably, so I started building a tool do it for me automatically and retroactively (so I don't have to press s

by pornel 4y ago

I'm too forgetful to log and fill in time sheets reliably, so I started building a tool do it for me automatically and retroactively (so I don't have to press start/stop on some timer, or even remember to run the software ahead of time) based on data gathered from the system, like file timestamps, browsing history, syslogs, etc. I got deep into gathering all the data and ML analysis, to the point I started brushing with digital forensics. I got spooked and abandoned it when I've realized I can never release such tool without it being abused for surveillance ;(

sitzkrieg 4y ago
hey i did a not super deep version of this but it would hit toggl api to create my time sheet for me. i abandoned it after having to use lots of different software constantly, but i considered releasing it and didnt for same reason
DonHopkins 4y ago
No need to use actual surveillance and machine learning to fill out time sheets. I had a friend Josh who worked at Los Alamos National Labs, who wrote a script that automatically filled out his timesheet with plausible looking working hours and tasks, an emailed it in at the right time every month. One month his boss was chatting with his assistant about how happy he was with how promptly and efficiently Josh always sent in his time sheets, saying what a good worker he was, and that he just received his timesheet on time that day. The assistant explained to the boss that Josh was actually away on vacation that week. So when Josh finally got back from vacation, his boss summoned him into his office for an awkward sit down talk. And insisted that Josh set him up with the same system to automatically fill out and send in his time sheet, too!
Liskni_si 4y ago
https://arbtt.nomeata.de/ https://arbtt.nomeata.de/ has been around for quite a while. Never heard about it being abused for surveillance. Hm, but was it?

by pornel 4y ago

sitzkrieg 4y ago

hey i did a not super deep version of this but it would hit toggl api to create my time sheet for me. i abandoned it after having to use lots of different software constantly, but i considered releasing it and didnt for same reason

DonHopkins 4y ago

No need to use actual surveillance and machine learning to fill out time sheets. I had a friend Josh who worked at Los Alamos National Labs, who wrote a script that automatically filled out his timesheet with plausible looking working hours and tasks, an emailed it in at the right time every month. One month his boss was chatting with his assistant about how happy he was with how promptly and efficiently Josh always sent in his time sheets, saying what a good worker he was, and that he just received his timesheet on time that day. The assistant explained to the boss that Josh was actually away on vacation that week. So when Josh finally got back from vacation, his boss summoned him into his office for an awkward sit down talk. And insisted that Josh set him up with the same system to automatically fill out and send in his time sheet, too!

Liskni_si 4y ago

https://arbtt.nomeata.de/ https://arbtt.nomeata.de/ has been around for quite a while. Never heard about it being abused for surveillance. Hm, but was it?