Tab switching -- curious how researchers look at this

Not sure if any researchers read this forum, but something I had some concern about, and noticed it today with a study ... first time I ran across it... a warning not to change tabs or the survey would end.

I wonder if researchers measure tab switching as a way to gauge potential AI usage, or they think that participants may be 'goofing off', or something similar?

If any researchers happen to read this, there are valid reasons for tab switching that they may not be aware of, and probably not something they have considered.

#1 The Clock -- Timer happens to be on the Prolific page and more importantly, the average time of other participants. There is no way to find this average without going there, and usually refreshing. As to why this is important -- bad researchers who time their studies incorrectly may reject for speeding, and in some cases even reject for taking too long. So we may switch tabs to check on the average time for studies where intended time is way off -- which happens A LOT.

#2 Instructions that require a Physics Degree -- It isn't uncommon to run across some studies where perhaps the researcher's language skills aren't their strong suit. And we get hit with convoluted instructions, especially for bonus rounds, where it feels like we spend more time figuring out what we are supposed to do than the actual study. And then we get hit with comprehension questions without access to these instructions again. So many make a copy of the instructions so they can reference them if need be.

And I don't mean this in regard to memory based studies, just normal instructions. So we may sometimes change tabs to figure out what the researchers actually want. Occasionally this is useful too for bad researchers who reject based on memory questions (which they aren't supposed to do). Ex: What color hat was Alex wearing during this 20 page financial survey, which was mentioned way back on page 2? Exaggeration, but one gets the idea.

Anyway, just something I was wondering about, and if perhaps some of the authenticity issues we run across may be based on tab switching being misinterpreted as AI or bot use, when it may be as simple as the participant checking the time.