A spokesperson for Wells Fargo told Bloomberg, “Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards and does not tolerate unethical behavior.”
The filings did not include official word on what the Wells Fargo employees were doing while simulating keyboard activity.
Various techniques for faking inputs
We do not know exactly what technique(s) the fired employees used to simulate keyboard activity, but several options exist for would-be work-shirkers. Those options include software that simulates keyboard presses (like AutoHotkey) and physical devices sold on Amazon for around $30–$60 that use a motor or solenoid and a small arm to push a real keyboard at random intervals, such as the one seen in the YouTube video below:
To counter corporate surveillance or merely assist with preventing a computer from going to sleep, Amazon also sells devices designed to mimic mouse movement, commonly known as “mouse jigglers.”
Some of the devices simulate a mouse electronically through a USB port, while others allow a user to place a real mouse on top of a spinning dial that triggers mouse movement using the sensor on the bottom of the mouse.
