I moonlight a remote job that pays me based on hours of work logged. I usually finish my work pretty fast, about 2 hours but I'm able to log and get paid for 8 hours of work (still below minimum wage).
Either way, there is a software that tracks my activity (insightful, previously workpuls) which keeps getting smarter day-by-day. It needs mouse and keyboard movements on a specific webpage and it tracks efficiency of work to log the amount of time I worked.
I downloaded a software called macro recorder and used registry editor tools to change the name of that software so it shows up in a different name in my task manager. Then I used this to move my mouse and input some keys so my time keeps getting logged. It worked for 10 months but lately I've been receiving complaints from my boss (everyone knows everyone does this and it's okay with them as long as we don't get caught) that macro recorder is showing up on my apps beside the fake name that I have put there.
I also tried autohotkey and made an executable that can make a random mouse move and scroll, input keys etc, but I haven't tried it yet because I read somewhere that some software can monitor synthetic vs hardware input.
Is there a neat way to achieve what I'm doing? I know it's not a great thing to do but it's just what everyone's been doing and as long as I'm getting my work done I'm not doing anything unethical. Obviously my colleagues won't share how they do it since it could lead to them getting fired if people find out.
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