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I had the exact same reaction. Shouldn't this worry the employees the most?

• joshuamorton 8y ago
  I work at Google and have absolutely no clue what he's referring to. My best guess is that it has something to do with the permissions you give Google if you add a work profile/account to your phone. But that isn't required.
  • snowflakeandrey 8y ago
    That makes a lot of sense, and a legitimately personal decision. Some people don't want to share root access on the personal phone with their employer. Other people don't want to carry a separate phone for work.
  • fishywang 8y ago
    Also for Android users the exact point of work profile is that the surveillance is limited to only the work profile portion of your phone.
    • scarmig 8y ago
      You can imagine different tiers of security, where a work profile gives you minimal access to corp while a fully managed setup gives you more substantive access to corp resources and allows a company to enforce more security and visibility into the client device.
      • fishywang 8y ago
        Yes, but at circa 2016 you cannot get higher tier of security on your personal device. You have to use a Google issued phone to get that.
  • jonny_eh 8y ago
    On iPhones it just allows them to wipe your phone if it's lost.