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This is nice. I know some digital nomads are using KVM to evade detection by their employers.
by cactusplant7374 3y ago
This is nice. I know some digital nomads are using KVM to evade detection by their employers.
- Kluggy 3y agodetection of what exactly?
- cactusplant7374 3y agoBeing abroad.
- joking 3y agoOveremployment probably
- pmontra 3y agoOr also doing their own personal activities.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoHow do they do that? Is it the case that their boss walks by them and can see what's on their screen so they're switching away from minesweeper?
- karolist 3y agodigital nomad sorta implies remote, non-office work, I fail to understand how KVM is helping simulate work as you imply? It just makes switching computers easier, nothing more. You can switch manually or you can just use separate work and personal machines as well.
- cactusplant7374 3y agoBecause they leave their laptop in their home country. Not all companies approve of remote work.
- karolist 3y agoVPN/VNC/RDP, nothing to do with KVM
- cactusplant7374 3y agoPeople use KVM over IP because many computers have company monitoring on them that use location services to determine location. And yes, they could detect if you're using VPN, VNC, RDP, etc. That doesn't work.
- bitcharmer 3y agoWhat does remote work have to do with "evading detection" via KVM? This makes zero sense.
- vidarh 3y agoI'm guessing avoiding non-work activities on their work machine.
- popcalc 3y agoThey have multiple full time jobs. My friend knows a Hungarian guy who had 5 full-time remote US tech jobs during COVID. You can only really do this with American employers since they don't see your other jobs.
- cactusplant7374 3y agoIt has nothing to do with multiple jobs. A lot of companies don’t want their employees working abroad.
- bitcharmer 3y agoIt still doesn't make much sense to me. Ok, so he's working remotely doing 5 jobs. How does KVM help conceal this fact?
- popcalc 3y agoBecause they give you 5 laptops.
- y-c-o-m-b 3y agoI'll explain. You can use a KVM like PiKVM to remotely log in from another location. For example if your employer requires that you work within the US, you can have a PiKVM device installed locally at a family or friend's home in the country and connect to it from outside the US and it would appear as if you're doing your work domestically. It's basically a hardware remote-desktop at that point though, so the "KVM" part only applies to the KVM device being connected to another physical device on location. EDIT: To clarify further, the advantage of this is PiKVM is undetectable by work laptops. Nothing is installed on the work laptop, it's strictly HDMI + USB cables going to the KVM. I know this because I use one for my FAANG job.
- cactusplant7374 3y agoI'm familiar with this strategy but haven't used it myself yet. It's interesting no one else in this thread knows about this. They assume it's a multiple job fraud type of situation.