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Apple accused of snooping on workers’ iPhones in new lawsuit
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I mean…they could have just said no and used a company phone, right? What am I missing? This just seems like they were telling people they could have their personal phone serve as a work phone as long as it was an iPhone because Apple is confident they can put their software on it for remote management.
If someone working for Apple didn’t know they are giving up some privacy by using their personal phone as a company managed work phone, then I’m not sure what they’ve learned in their tech career. I just worked at the Genius Bar as a college kid, and even I understood that—thus I never used my personal phone for work things and just used one of the hundreds of devices that were available for employees to use at work.
what does you knowing something bAcK iN tHe DaY have to do with shit hole apple not giving a shit about privacy?
Again, I asked “what am I missing.”
So…what am I missing? They installed company management software on their personal phone and they weren’t forced to.
you're missing a brain and spine.
apple is "encouraging" employees to use personal devices for work then "getting access" to that employee's personal info.
This isn’t new to Apple. A lot of companies want to save money so they offer to pay for your phone or give you some other incentive. In my previous job, people who were around for 10-15 years had given up their personal phone and were using company phone and number. When they left they took their work phone with them. They got a new phone every 24 months but they had to install the company MDM software so basically gave up their “privacy” to save money. The cellphone plans aren’t cheap so they probably saved $1000 per year just for cellular connection alone.