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gfaust_mudd t1_iy3ufoi wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Why did our school wanted us to install this? Can somebody explain what is the purpose? by 8046Ile

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[deleted] t1_iy3vl62 wrote

This is right wing or uneducated propaganda. Profiles are to protect a companies information and do not give the company unrestricted access to the phone. Yes they are able to push software or wifi certificates to the phones but they are not able to see everything on your phone. Saying this is “unethical” is just flat out wrong.

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gfaust_mudd t1_iy3waze wrote

I don’t know what schools use for managing these things and I’m sure there are many..my experience with enterprise software using Casper is what I base my comments on. I don’t see what politics have to do with this.

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gnulynnux t1_iy46tru wrote

This is definitely not right-wing propaganda, where are you getting that?

Seriously, I'm a "terminally online" leftist and I can't imagine an interpretation where "don't install self-signed root CAs to your personal device" is right-wing propaganda. I think you're wrong here, but I'm genuinely curious about how you arrive to this conclusion.

Installing a root CA to your personal device breaks a lot of security assumptions. I assume Apple has carved out an exception for their own updates and app installs, because a root CA would feasibly allow them to "see everything on your phone". As it stands, a root CA only allows them to intercept and modify everything in the network data.

That said, I don't speak German(?) well-enough (or use iPhones enough) to know if this is indeed a self-signed root CA.

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