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Would you give your phone’s password to your boss? (lemy.lol)

submitted 10 months ago by King@lemy.lol to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It depends how the MDM is implemented. If it allows locking and wiping the entire device, no. If it makes a sandbox for the work stuff, and it only grant them access to control, lock and wipe that sandbox then I don't mind.

That's what we do for personal devices, corporate devices are fully managed/supervised.

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Yeah my work MDM is setup this way with Android Enterprise. Everything work-related is isolated to that area and there is no other access to the full device. I can even have all those apps shut off after-hours or when on vacation so I don't get notifications during personal time. My boss knows to text/call me if there is something urgent that comes up.

[-] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 14 points 10 months ago

Software is imperfect and you shouldn't trust that future updates will not add that ability.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Typically, the app needs to ask for permissions like that, though. On Android, they need to ask to become a "Device admin", and they need to specify what specifically they'll use that access for. I imagine (though I'm unsure since it's never happened to me) they need to ask to update those permissions if they want their uses to change.