Microsoft’s workplace check-in via Wi-Fi tracks who’s in the office, and not everyone’s happy – Help Net Security

Microsoft is rolling out workplace check-in via Wi-Fi for Teams and Microsoft Places. Connect to your office network and your in-office presence updates automatically, no manual status change needed.

Microsoft says the signal isn’t stored as location history, and that you can configure your own settings. Here’s the catch. Your employer enables the feature at the tenant level, and you only control how it’s used on your end. Privacy advocates and labor groups have already flagged that gap.

How Wi-Fi workplace check-in works

When enabled by the organization and the employee, workplace check-in via Wi-Fi can automatically update a user’s work location when their device connects to a configured workplace network. Employees can manage workplace check-in, presence sharing, and location permissions through their settings. They can also manually set or override their work location.

Microsoft says workplace presence is an in-the-moment signal that indicates where someone is…