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Can I kill this via pihole somehow? My wife uses teams. This is a sick “tool” that will be wielded asymmetrically by middle management to fire people

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Things like this blocking as extremely easy to detect and flag. Because they control the app they can always in-band the information to servers you need to connect to.

Modded Teams APK?

On a company-managed device?

It's more likely than you think.

I'm sure it depends on the make/model and how locked down it is or if they even care

He was referencing this meme, friend: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-more-likely-than-you-thin...

I guess you can use wireguard and install a vpn server on your work pc, that being said if your company has a semi competent IT team they will notice that, if you work from home just install wg easy https://github.com/wg-easy/wg-easy

this only works if you control the device and not managed by your company

I have started to use Teams in Firefox browser since last two weeks. Uninstalled app in laptop and phone.

And phone dns always goes through pihole. Could this work in your case?

Great ideas thanks

VPN? Fake GPS? I know some routers have an option not to broadcast the name of the network but I'm not sure how that works.

Any middle management thinking of enabling this technology will make it mandatory. If you blackhole the traffic, that's also reason to fire you.

Do they need a reason anymore? Most US is at-will to work.

They don't need a reason to fire you. They need a reason to fire you and not pay unemployment benefits.

unemployment benefits are so low do they really care that much?

Unemployment benefits for me would be 3% annually of my annual salary.

Unemployment benefits are so low, they're barely enough to pay for food. Not enough to also pay for utilities, and definitely not enough to pay rent/mortgage.

This is intended to force you back into the slave market.

They don't pay the benefits directly. They pay a tax rate based on how many people who file for unemployment benefits are determined to be eligible for them.

All of the US is at-will except Montana.

Why would they want to fire you? And if they do, they will find a reason.

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