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I was asked by a previous employer to perform the rollout of MDM to our mobile fleet, and I fully agree with everything in the article. Restrictions were implem
by aynsof 9y ago
I was asked by a previous employer to perform the rollout of MDM to our mobile fleet, and I fully agree with everything in the article. Restrictions were implemented at the whim of my boss.
As an example, he found out there was a feature in the MDM service to block access to YouTube. He made sure that was ticked. Why? He didn't want people wasting time on 'his' phones. And the helpdesk would explode every time a new restriction was rolled out, but he didn't seem to notice or care. In his mind they were his phones.
- tzahola 9y agoSo, people couldn’t watch youtube on their personal devices in their free time? :D The company must have offered a very generous package to put up with this shit...
- userbinator 9y agoBYOD really means "bring your own device --- and give ownership to us."
- m-p-3 9y agoMy employer at least offered an incentive to BYOD. You supply your own phone and plan, and they cover a portion of your carrier bill (you have to supply your invoices to prove you still pay for the plan).
- merlincorey 9y agoYou didn't explicitly state it, so I am just confirming, your previous employer did not actually purchase or own the phones, but expressed feelings of ownership over them?
- aynsof 9y agoIt was a mixture of the two. Some of the phones were purchased by the company, some were personal devices.