I need proof I was at home, can my Router log help me to prove this please

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@Paul2025 wrote:

Thanks for the reply, I'm not over bothered about websites visited etc, someone has implied that I was somewhere when I wasn't, I just want to prove that I'm at home working  

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Turning it around, if you were logged on to your employer's network then possibly they have a record of your IP address being logged in to their server.

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Before you put too much effort into determining if you can get proof that your internet connection, laptop, phone etc... is showing usage, is that enough proof anyway for what you need?  That usage could come from someone else using those devices at your home, and could possibly happen without anyone present (updates, or scheduled downloads or such like).  As you've not said why you need proof you were at home, we don't really know how foolproof such evidence would need to be (and I'm not particularly asking you to tell us why), but I wouldn't want you to go to a great amount of effort to gather evidence that wasn't relevant.

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Sometimes, we put too much effort in to something, to deal with a perceived issue, which is not (or ought not) the problem which needs to be fixed.  You've not explained the circumstances of needing to 'prove' where you were, so one can only guess from what has been hinted, that this is a WFH trust matter.

Perhaps the questions which needs to be asked here are...

• Was the work which should have been done, done when expected to the required standard?
• Does the WFH agreement require the work to be done from home, or could it be done from anywhere, so long as it gets done?
• What records are there in the employer's systems which would answer the doubts for themselves**?

Might challenging the challenge be more effective, than trying to prove something difficult to prove?  What is the real issue - were you obliged to be within the bounds of your property ... a kin to being under house arrest, but without an ankle bracelet?

**One consideration here is that given PN's residential (not supposed to be used for home working) services use dynamic IP addresses acquired from here and there, there might be difficulty in proving the location of the connecting IP address.

Hmmm might that be the issue here?  The IP address identified by the employer is not thought to be in the right location?  IP geolocation data is not as clean as many think it should be; different providers can report the same IP address as being in markedly different locations to where it actually is.  Where IPv4 address ranges have been acquired from other owners, getting the IP geolocation data updated and those updates distributed can take an inordinate length of time ... sometimes years!

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IP address location information without additional evidence to support it does not stand up in court.

All it confirms is a device was connected using that IP address , which may or may not be physically located with any degree of accuracy (VPN/IP Spoofing etc).

Also it does not prove who was using that device.
As in this case
https://www.harewoodlaw.com/news/pzw8tdvvj5s3frdkxnrtlxqbajxnnd

If this is a WFH issue I would have thought that the employer would have enough information, as they tend to log everything in my experience

Key features of WFH employee monitoring software:
    Time tracking: Recording start and end times, breaks, and idle time
    App usage monitoring: Tracking which applications employees are using and for how long
    Website activity: Monitoring websites accessed during work hours
    Screenshot capture: Taking periodic screenshots of employee screens
    Keystroke logging: Recording keystrokes pressed by employees
    Productivity scoring: Analyzing employee activity to generate a productivity score
    Alert notifications: Sending alerts for suspicious activity or policy violations

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Logs from devices showing date and times are also inadmissible in court unless it can be proved that the device timings are synced to an atomic clock.