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Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by na85 on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:55PM (#22729702)
l0pht's Back Orifice tool (see: spyware) existed back then.
Re:Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers by sbarre on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:59PM (#22731081)
I think this might actually have been what he used.

I am actually still friends with the guy (we were both quite young back then, and you learn from your mistakes), and I tease him about this incident at least every few years.