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Not all that many government employees even have government-issued devices. Almost no one in the military does. The Strava thing was from letting people run aro
by nonameiguess 3y ago
Not all that many government employees even have government-issued devices. Almost no one in the military does. The Strava thing was from letting people run around with it on their personal devices that they happened to use on military facilities. Typically, this kind of usage is forbidden, but it's kind of playing whack-a-mole to even know what apps are out there tracking and mapping location in the first place without simply banning military personnel from having smart phones at all, at least on site, which is exactly what happens at sufficiently sensitive facilities. I actually recall a reminder going out that no augmented reality or mapping applications were allowed on company property when Pokemon Go first came out and I was working for Raytheon, though even that only applied to the parking lots and lobbies as you couldn't bring a phone into the actual workspaces anyway.
For what it's worth, as far as I recall from when I was in the military, which is getting to be a while ago but at least Facebook existed, social media apps were definitely not allowed on government-issued mobile devices. Unit PR offices did maintain Facebook pages, but those were updated from PCs using the web interface, not via app. I guess it's a small consideration, but something to consider for companies that decide to release some web service only as an app.