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Everyone knows all the apps on your phone

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1192 points gniting | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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andsoitis ◴[30 Mar 25 00:11 UTC] No.43519910[source]▶
> everyone knows all the alls on your phone

On Android phones. iPhone doesn’t have this privacy deficiency.

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wkat4242 ◴[30 Mar 25 03:14 UTC] No.43520950[source]▶
On iOS it's kinda worse in some ways. If you enroll into a company MDM they can see all your apps.

On Android if they use the work profile (which is the standard method these days) they can only see the apps inside there.

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fashion-at-cost ◴[30 Mar 25 03:49 UTC] No.43521149[source]▶
I would have to strongly recommend nobody enroll a personal device in a company MDM. If the company needs you to have mobile connectivity that badly, they can give you a device.
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illiac786 ◴[30 Mar 25 18:34 UTC] No.43526389{3}[source]▶
I think it’s a personal decision. I really, really do not want to carry two huge slabs around. One is already too much.

Account driven MDM enrolment pushes the Pareto front when it comes to privacy/conveniency compromises from my point of view. I will ask my IT if they have already looked at it.

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1. fashion-at-cost ◴[01 Apr 25 00:47 UTC] No.43541667{4}[source]▶
The benefit with the two device approach is when you can not carry both devices for the majority of the time. If i’m not explicitly on call, my work device isn’t with me. Anything anyone says to me will wait until I’m back in the office.

If you have the self control to refuse to ever check Slack and disable all notifications/etc on your personal phone when not on call, this doesn’t apply as much. But for me I default to trying to stay on things and forcing myself to disconnect is a net good, even if it does mean I carry two phones at times. My pockets are large.