> People's attempts to hide their remote lifestyle are mostly laughable
That can depend on how/where they're staying. If they're at "home" abroad, with a similar time zone, then there's often no way to tell except technically.
I have a team mate who often spends time across the border for weeks at a time. We wouldn't know if she didn't mention it.
We are in the EU though, so working from other EU countries is fine, within limits.
Timezone is noticeable, but really depends on how different and how many "Webcam On" meetings you have. My home office has blackout curtains, so it's always the same light condition regardless of time of the day.
Now, it's hard to attend some meetings when time difference is very dramatic, like it's 1am in your local, but 10am at work HQ.
> If you go too far of course, then your workmates might notice that it's winter when it should be summer.
Doubt. Most of my co-workers use virtual backgrounds. I wear the same home clothes the entire year.
> And anyone with the login details can see where your login pings are from.
Good luck, I have a WireGuard box at my parent's house that I route my work traffic through when needed. Maybe I should start a business of hosting "residential" VPN exit nodes...
Except I use YubiKey for my 2FA, so where my phone is irrelevant. Moreover, I've never ever granted 2FA app location permissions. Don't even remember any of them asking it. It's generally GeoIP and time is well...the same everywhere?
That can depend on how/where they're staying. If they're at "home" abroad, with a similar time zone, then there's often no way to tell except technically.
I have a team mate who often spends time across the border for weeks at a time. We wouldn't know if she didn't mention it.
We are in the EU though, so working from other EU countries is fine, within limits.