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Malicious Compliance

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While true, most enterprises have ways to silo and encrypt their data on non company controlled devices.

Android does something like that when you install ms office apps with administrator controlled policies

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fuck their data, what about my own? That pest of an app is not getting onto my device. And neither is anything else that gives an employer any control over my device.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

A totally reasonable stance.

For clarity, the android feature essentially makes a work dedicated partition on the phone. Their management app can manage that partition, and for the purposes of data movement it's essentially a distinct phone.
If they've set it up correctly they can do a remote wipe without touching your personal data.

https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/7502354?sjid=18390510946809838606-NC#zippy=%2Ci-own-my-device

In a lot of cases the drive to have users use their personal devices rather than employer owned ones comes from the users, not the workplace. Only needing to keep track of one device is easier in many cases.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

My policy as well. Non-negotiable hard no. But I'm fortunate enough to have at least some choice with regard to employment.