MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
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MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
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Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#2I work in IT and my boss is precisely like this. We don't manage mobiles but wireless. He's talked about scanning the multi-campus network to find unauthorized microwaves that he can have removed.
Because of course, it might cause _some_ interference for 30 seconds at a time right? Yeah.
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#3Bug? No this was done intentionally.
Does anybody know how you disable that "feature"? Preferably in such a way that it causes maximum harm to the organization that uses it.
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#4In defense of this feature, it's very important for when a phone is lost. However, I agree, deleting peoples' data for reasons other than the device was compromised is just a sadistic thing to do.
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#5If an IT department did this to me without warning, I'd quit that day, CC'ing my manager and the IT guy's manager telling them exactly why they'll now have to spend months finding and training my replacement.
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#6In defense of this feature, it's very important for when a phone is lost. However, I agree, deleting peoples' data for reasons other than the device was compromised is just a sadistic thing to do.
Well, if people are using un-approved personal devices on the corporate network, it seems there is some fault on both sides. Assuming there is policy addressing this issue.
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#7In defense of this feature, it's very important for when a phone is lost. However, I agree, deleting peoples' data for reasons other than the device was compromised is just a sadistic thing to do.
Well, if people are using un-approved personal devices on the corporate network, it seems there is some fault on both sides. Assuming there is policy addressing this issue.
Sure, but you send out an Email warning people first. There's no reason to wipe people's devices unless they are willfully defying policy, and even then, you've got a list of the people doing it - just go to their office and talk to them in person (involve their manager if needed).
Wiping a personal device to "send a message" is passive-aggressive and totally destructive to morale.
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#8In defense of this feature, it's very important for when a phone is lost. However, I agree, deleting peoples' data for reasons other than the device was compromised is just a sadistic thing to do.
Well, if people are using un-approved personal devices on the corporate network, it seems there is some fault on both sides. Assuming there is policy addressing this issue.
Yeah, in this case you need to ban the devices, not wipe them...
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#9Bug? No this was done intentionally. Does anybody know how you disable that "feature"? Preferably in such a way that it causes maximum harm to the organization that uses it.
Don't connect personal devices to corporate exchange?
Re: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, if people are using un-approved personal devices on the corporate network, it seems there is some fault on both sides. Assuming there is policy addressing this issue.
Yeah, in this case you need to ban the devices, not wipe them...
There could be important data still on the device itself, I imagine the argument would be.
Seems to me how it should work is that the device's user defines a PIN number for his device. Should the device be lost, the user could provide the IT guys with that PIN number, which would be required for the "remote nuke" feature to be used.