Why you shouldn't use your phone for work purposes

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The lack of digital privacy in the workplace has become a hot topic of discussion after the recent firing of four Google employees. According to the company, the reason for this decision was unauthorized access to classified documents, and according to former employees, they were fired for criticizing Google policies.



One of them, Rebecca Rivers, said that data from her personal Android taiwan number data phone disappeared in early November, when she learned she was being placed on administrative leave. Google later fired Rivers.

“Around the same time, my personal phone was damaged or wiped,” she told a Google employee rally in November. The loss of the photos was especially painful for Rivers, who is transgender. “Everything on my phone that wasn’t backed up to the cloud is gone, including photos from four months of my transformation, and I’ll never get them back,” she shared.

How did this happen? Most likely, through Android’s “work profile” feature, which allows employers to run apps and manage them remotely. iOS has a similar feature called MDM (mobile device management), in which work apps run in a virtual “container” separate from personal apps. Many companies are creating MDM apps with various control capabilities.

There are many reasons why a company might want to use this technology: it allows you to protect corporate data in email and other applications, as well as easily install, remove, and update work services.

But your employer can also spy on you or destroy all your data — intentionally or inadvertently. That’s why mixing work and personal devices is a bad idea. If a company says you need to be online, they should provide a device for that. , but the risk of your personal smartphone being handed over to corporate control is much worse.