IdleKeyboard: Fake Keyboard Typing Sounds

The Discreet Work Break: Maintaining the Illusion of Productivity

A common office setup involves employees working within cubicles. Due to the inherent privacy these spaces offer, direct oversight of employee activity is often limited.

Supervisors frequently rely on auditory cues, specifically the sound of keyboard typing, as an indicator of work being performed. The assumption is that active keystrokes correlate with active work.

Idle Keyboard is a freely accessible online tool designed to exploit this common workplace dynamic.

How Idle Keyboard Works

This website assists employees in taking brief, unobserved breaks during work hours. Should an employee wish to engage in non-work related activities, such as watching a video or simply stepping away from the computer, the absence of keyboard sounds could raise suspicion.

Before initiating a break, users are instructed to increase their speaker volume, navigate to the Idle Keyboard website, and activate the designated button on the homepage.

Upon activation, the website will simulate the sounds of keyboard typing, creating the impression that work is ongoing. The simulated keystrokes cease when the same button is pressed again, which transforms into a hand icon.