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It has to be rooted though right? Pretty sure that's a non-starter for anyone who needs to use their phone for work, which is more people than you would think

It has to be rooted though right? Pretty sure that's a non-starter for anyone who needs to use their phone for work, which is more people than you would think now that so many office workers are remote.

neurostimulant 5y ago
You should be able to install custom rom like lineageos without rooting as long as you got the bootloader unlocked.
quattrofan 5y ago
Then your company should supply you with a phone if you request it.
cronix 5y ago
Great, if a work phone is required by a company, let the company provide it and leave that one alone. Do you have to supply your own work computers or other equipment "required" to do the job as well, outside of contract work?
- varispeed 5y ago
  You still give up a ton of privacy, even if you "leave it alone".
- vanchor3 5y ago
  Unfortunately that assumes the employer will provide the phone rather than going "this guy can't do his job because his phone is rooted?" and hiring someone else. Or that the employer knows what rooting even is.
  - woojoo666 5y ago
    Most companies ask you to install work profiles and such only after your sign on. It would be exceedingly petty of them to fire you for something like that, especially at a tech company that will definitely have the money to provide ~$300 work phones
  - boring_twenties 5y ago
    So the absolute worst case scenario then is you buy your own second phone for $50-150 and use that for work purposes only. Still sucks of course, but a far cry from the false dichotomy of "submit to Apple/Google rule or lose your job."
- messe 5y ago
  That's one of those ideas that's great in theory and not in practice. Not everybody is as confident in their positions to demand that.
- partdavid 5y ago
  Many people have to supply their own equipment to work, it's not unusual.
- only_as_i_fall 5y ago
  I mean I could do that. I could also just not associate my phone with a real Google account and then only use it for phone calls and signal messages. The point is that you shouldn't need to jump through flaming hoops to avoid Google's spying
arsome 5y ago
If you're a tinkerer it's pretty easy to bypass - the main method of rooting currently is Magisk, which also includes a very powerful self-hiding mechanism, able to bypass SafetyNet and most other root detection methods.
yaomtc 5y ago
I run GrapheneOS on my Pixel 4a, unrooted, bootloader locked. However this avenue prevents the use of Google Play Services (which partially or completely eliminates functionality from many proprietary apps on the Play Store) or MicroG. This isn't a problem for me personally.

neurostimulant 5y ago

You should be able to install custom rom like lineageos without rooting as long as you got the bootloader unlocked.

quattrofan 5y ago

Then your company should supply you with a phone if you request it.

cronix 5y ago

Great, if a work phone is required by a company, let the company provide it and leave that one alone. Do you have to supply your own work computers or other equipment "required" to do the job as well, outside of contract work?

varispeed 5y ago
You still give up a ton of privacy, even if you "leave it alone".
vanchor3 5y ago
Unfortunately that assumes the employer will provide the phone rather than going "this guy can't do his job because his phone is rooted?" and hiring someone else. Or that the employer knows what rooting even is.
- woojoo666 5y ago
  Most companies ask you to install work profiles and such only after your sign on. It would be exceedingly petty of them to fire you for something like that, especially at a tech company that will definitely have the money to provide ~$300 work phones
- boring_twenties 5y ago
  So the absolute worst case scenario then is you buy your own second phone for $50-150 and use that for work purposes only. Still sucks of course, but a far cry from the false dichotomy of "submit to Apple/Google rule or lose your job."
messe 5y ago
That's one of those ideas that's great in theory and not in practice. Not everybody is as confident in their positions to demand that.
partdavid 5y ago
Many people have to supply their own equipment to work, it's not unusual.
only_as_i_fall 5y ago
I mean I could do that. I could also just not associate my phone with a real Google account and then only use it for phone calls and signal messages. The point is that you shouldn't need to jump through flaming hoops to avoid Google's spying

arsome 5y ago

If you're a tinkerer it's pretty easy to bypass - the main method of rooting currently is Magisk, which also includes a very powerful self-hiding mechanism, able to bypass SafetyNet and most other root detection methods.

yaomtc 5y ago

I run GrapheneOS on my Pixel 4a, unrooted, bootloader locked. However this avenue prevents the use of Google Play Services (which partially or completely eliminates functionality from many proprietary apps on the Play Store) or MicroG. This isn't a problem for me personally.