As I have one for work which is not my personal phone. And it is totally enterprise-managed so they put whatever apps they want on it and block anything they want. It’s their phone essentially. This headline seems like a nothingburger to me.
Respectfully, I’ve been working in government for nearly 20 years. I know what my limits are and what I can get away with. I never signed any acknowledgement that I would keep the app on the phone. Worst case scenario and extremely unlikely to happen, they somehow notice it’s missing from my phone and ask me about it. “Oh, my bad. Didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to remove it.”
I’ve got my personal phone and a government-issued iPhone. The iPhone gets turned off as soon as I leave work in the evening and I turn it back on when I get to work. I only give out my work phone number, so I don’t get bothered when I’m off the clock. It’s pretty convenient tbh.
Eventually everyone is going to have to own two phones, one for “official” work and government stuff, and one for actual privacy.
This is strictly for government-issued devices. So everyone that is subject to this is already carrying two phones.
As I have one for work which is not my personal phone. And it is totally enterprise-managed so they put whatever apps they want on it and block anything they want. It’s their phone essentially. This headline seems like a nothingburger to me.
So like the phones of his secret service detail? I’m waiting for it to be announced that it’ll be bundled into the Trump phone.
For what it’s worth, I saw that it had been installed on my government issued phone this morning and was able to simply uninstall it.
Some people won’t have admin control rights to do that. And by uninstalling it you are in violation of an executive order.
I also ignored the DOGE emails last year and I’m still around. I’m honestly not the least bit concerned.
You’d probably win a suit for the termination suit
Respectfully, I’ve been working in government for nearly 20 years. I know what my limits are and what I can get away with. I never signed any acknowledgement that I would keep the app on the phone. Worst case scenario and extremely unlikely to happen, they somehow notice it’s missing from my phone and ask me about it. “Oh, my bad. Didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to remove it.”
Sorry, it looks like voice to text messed up my reply. I have fixed it.
for now!
or do you prefer:
so far!
Whatever gets you through the day without getting blackout drunk
Of course! Employees shouldn’t be conducting business on their private phones anyway!
Or private stuff on company devices, for that matter
I’ve got my personal phone and a government-issued iPhone. The iPhone gets turned off as soon as I leave work in the evening and I turn it back on when I get to work. I only give out my work phone number, so I don’t get bothered when I’m off the clock. It’s pretty convenient tbh.