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Hell_Camino t1_j1u8fzd wrote

Reply to comment by Twombls in Vermont Gov. Scott considers banning TikTok on state cellphones by blutbad_buddy

The gray area is when companies or governments say to the employees, “Use your personal phone for work and we will simply reimburse you $XX per month”. Can those people have TikTok and other social media apps on their phones? If the answer is no then a lot of employees will likely say they want a work-specific phone (along with their separate personal phone). Then employers are going to have to purchase a lot of new phones which is more expensive and more work for people who purchase, disseminate, inventory, and repair/replace all of those phones. So, banning TikTok and social media from employee phones is a significant decision.

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cpujockey t1_j1uaukz wrote

> TikTok and social media from employee phones is a significant decision.

Honestly - it's not a bad decision.

There are quite a few discussions on r/sysadmin about using OTP apps on personal devices. While I think that's a non-issue, I am starting to think we should all have a separate device for work.

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Hell_Camino t1_j1uaynd wrote

It’s just the hassle factor of having two phones

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cpujockey t1_j1ud9yk wrote

the other factor is having an IT admin struggling to apply company policy over MDM to BYOD devices and users freaking out that even if the policy is not enabled to wipe their device that it still gives warnings that it could.

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gooker10 t1_j1uencz wrote

division of church and state, I have both an ATT personal and a Work VZ, it keeps them separated, ones is a 12 pro other is a iphone 8

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Hell_Camino t1_j1ues6g wrote

Yeh, my sister goes that route too. It’s just annoying to have to manage multiple phones.

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gooker10 t1_j1uj4xv wrote

right but your already managing 2 emails accounts, passwords, ID badges, vehicles, etc,. it's nice to have a back up phone that works but you never look at on the weekends

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d-cent t1_j1vgqve wrote

I'm not sure why the downvotes. It is a huge hassle. Making sure 2 phones are charged at all times. It's nearly impossible to keep them in the same pocket so you have to get a belt holster.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j1w5fz1 wrote

I have a work and personal cell. No company business on the personal, no personal on the company. It’s a pain in the ass but also much better then not having a work life separation.

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thqks t1_j1vt5yt wrote

Imo, that would be worse than dealing with an authentication app. Hell, I'd even delete Tiktok from my phone before I had to give up my phone reimbursement.

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cpujockey t1_j1vu1rk wrote

well /r/sysadmin get's pretty spicy when you ask users to install an authenticator app on their phones. Like I get it - it's your device, but to me it's no different than putting a key on your keychain.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j21o5ej wrote

I’ve asked employee to do this. I have also has them say no. Not much you can do. It is not really a key as a key is a physical device and I know exactly what it does, an authentication app comes with a TOS written by a lawyer in 3 point font that may or may not commit you to giving away your 7th child. Nobody knows because nobody has ever read one all the way through

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