Don’t use the work phone as your personal phone
It’s worse than that. This app tracks your location through a third party non-government company. If you have a location sensitive government job like being a soldier near the middle east this app is a national security issue.
This. Too many people view work devices as “Free [ipad, laptop], bro!” and use it for all sorts of personal stuff.
It’s not yours. The company can take it at any time, or if remotely managed, view device contents at any time. If any of that material is against company policy or illegal, you’re probably gonna be disciplined or fired.
For most it’s probably NBD. Corporate won’t care if you’re just some mid-level lackey watching Netflix on the company device.
A lot of government jobs provide you with a phone that is provisioned for closed government networks.
The White House spp is likely being used to spy on those networks.
Yeah ok. So in this country means you are resigning and good luck finding another job
Or just have two phones; one for work that’s off when you’re off, and your private phone.
that’s off when you’re off
From the stories I’ve read, that’s a surefire way to get fired.
Unless you have agreed to be available outside of office hours and then turn it off, that’s unlikely to happen.
Yeah if u live in the shithole country called USA lol
i hate this admonistration, hate the app but these are wprk phones. what are people expecting here?
The user is likely not the target of the spying. The white house is likely spying on other branches and agencies within the government.
None of the the employees who spoke to WIRED say they are actively using the app. “Have not looked at it,” a Department of Labor employee tells WIRED. “Will not look at it.”
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My old job tried this w/ my personal cell phone (for logging in). I told them where to go with that. Then they threatened a layoff, so I had to relent while I looked for another job. Turns out my phone was too old to support the software.
They can’t force me to upgrade and they were too cheap to buy me a new phone. They found a work around real quick as I couldn’t do my job and they had to double me up w/ a coworker (OT). less then 24hrs later I was back on the network. And quit a few months later.
IT people were beside themselves, they were “you don’t upgrade your phone ever new release” I was like F that noise I climb antenna’s for a living, at no point to I need the latest and greatest to be an antenna monkey.
“Government devices typically include preinstalled apps that provide value to government employees’ day-to-day work.”
They should go back to doing that instead then.
Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that right now.
Woops left my phone somewhere.
Yes… this is how Mobile Device Management works for every company. The company determines which apps you can have on your phone, and which are required. It’s literally how work phones are handled by companies worldwide.
