I worked in a place that required this, it was basically a time clock app, but it detected automatically if your phone supported work mode which allowed it to be basically sandboxed in it’s own virtual space., I’ve also run into school apps that do this
We’re required to use a MFA app, but it has minimal access to the system. It literally just prompts for an “Is this you?” with a fallback to codes if the network connection goes down.
I also have Teams and Slack installed for team communication, but that’s optional and also has minimal access. Teams has an login helper thing installed as well, and I’m not really sure what it does, but it didn’t require any special permissions.
I suppose I could refuse, but that would just be a pain for everyone since I’d either need to use someone else’s device or they’d need to get one just for me. Seems kinda silly imo.
My last company wanted my phone to be connected to the Google Apps thing, but it allowed my boss to remote wipe, so I refused. It wasn’t required, and most people said no, but it was a thing they recommended fairly strongly.
Which companies are requiring that employees install apps on personal devices? Feels like it should be illegal coercion if true.
I worked in a place that required this, it was basically a time clock app, but it detected automatically if your phone supported work mode which allowed it to be basically sandboxed in it’s own virtual space., I’ve also run into school apps that do this
We’re required to use a MFA app, but it has minimal access to the system. It literally just prompts for an “Is this you?” with a fallback to codes if the network connection goes down.
I also have Teams and Slack installed for team communication, but that’s optional and also has minimal access. Teams has an login helper thing installed as well, and I’m not really sure what it does, but it didn’t require any special permissions.
I suppose I could refuse, but that would just be a pain for everyone since I’d either need to use someone else’s device or they’d need to get one just for me. Seems kinda silly imo.
My last company wanted my phone to be connected to the Google Apps thing, but it allowed my boss to remote wipe, so I refused. It wasn’t required, and most people said no, but it was a thing they recommended fairly strongly.