SahwaTeams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”
lastaThis is what I gathered on the subject, feel free to correct if anything is wrong:
The WiFi tracking works by scanning for nearby WiFi networks, identifying which routers are nearby and their signal strengths, matching those against their database of known WiFi access points, and using that data to estimate your location.
For now the feature will be off by default, first has to be enabled by your company, and then the user has to opt in for it to be used.
For those who are required to use Microsoft products, it can by bypassed by using a wired Ethernet connection and not using Teams on any devices using a wireless connection.
So basically the same every Android phone does. Google had done this kind of tracking since 2007
Windows itself already does this type of tracking to determine your time zone.
Yes but now it reports to your employer.
I don’t see the uproar for this.
The issue is your employees trying to force RTO. Whether this goes through or is cancelled - your employer will still want to track your RTO.
The only solution, if you are privileged enough, is to work somewhere else.