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The shameful thing is that there is no earthly reason why we need separate devices. There should be appropriate isolation mechanisms so that corp-ware stays in
by teeray 5y ago
The shameful thing is that there is no earthly reason why we need separate devices. There should be appropriate isolation mechanisms so that corp-ware stays in corp-land and personal crap stays over on its side of the fence. We have dual sim devices now, so we can even assign entirely separate plans to different device partitions. Separate devices just create more senseless e-waste.
- pydry 5y agoim not sure id trust the isolation to be done properly.
- danans 5y ago> There should be appropriate isolation mechanisms so that corp-ware stays in corp-land and personal crap stays over on its side of the fence This already exists and I use it every day: separate work and personal profiles on the same device or app. I think most browsers support this out of the box. My phone's work profile actually shuts off automatically on vacation days from work and I have to consciously enable it if I want to check work email or chat.
- jessaustin 5y agoYou might trust the isolation mechanisms, but that doesn't mean that all employers do.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoOkay? The original statement was, > The shameful thing is that there is no earthly reason why we need separate devices. There should be appropriate isolation mechanisms so that corp-ware stays in corp-land and personal crap stays over on its side of the fence. And we have that. Companies not trusting the tech is a separate problem.
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- danans 5y agoI'm not an employer, but the value to me is work-life separation, since I don't want to deal with 2 smartphones. Of course employers have varying security concern levels. Mine (Google) does have particularly high concerns, but you know it's not one size fits all.
- Shish2k 5y agoThis works fine from a technical perspective, but how is it from a legal perspective? eg if the company gets sued and they want to freeze “your device”, will the lawyers be happy freezing the corp partition, or will they demand the full physical object?
- marbu 5y agoThe problem is that someone has a full control over that device in the end (to keep this argument simple, let's ignore how apple or google fits into this picture). And you and a company you are working for may not agree on who that admin should be. On a device I own and fully control, I would be able to create a separate user profile for work, but the company may not like how I manage the device nor can it ensure that I follow a company security policy when using my personal device. And vice versa, I won't be comfortable with creating a private profile on a company controlled device.