Employees, students and other Zoom users should be aware of a watchful feature on the remote conferencing service: It tells the person running the chat whether or not youre paying attention.

During the coronavirus pandemic, video and audio software use has ramped up, introducing many to the telecommuting world of Zoom. While some welcome the interaction virtual meetings provide to break up their time working remotely, others are less enthused and would rather do other things.

If youre one of those others, beware.

On Zoom, theres a feature called attention tracking that identifies whether participants have clicked away from the active Zoom window for more than 30 seconds.