NEW DELHI: US Bank
Wells Fargo
recently fired over a dozen remote employees found to be "
mouse jiggling
" to simulate work activity. Most of them were working the wealth and investment management unit of the lender.
Mouse jigglers are devices or software applications that became popular during the pandemic. They create an illusion of regular activity by simulating small, automatic, and random movements of the mouse cursor at set intervals.
It prevent a computer from entering sleep mode or triggering its screensaver when inactive.
These are often used by employees while working from home to ensures that the computer does not mark them as inactive or enter sleep mode.
Mouse jigglers are also useful when employees need uninterrupted access to documents or files for reading or completing tasks without the screen going into sleep mode.
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