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Re: Why MPs have two mobile phones

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Post by missedthecue » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 2:29 AM UTC

eplanit wrote: post #4

spaceribs wrote: post #3

> They can also stop screenshots being taken of exchanges if they are using an Android phone. Does anyone else feel infuriated that apps can restrict screenshots from occurring? I can use an external camera if I really wanted to save a copy of a communication, or use a personal computer with no such limitations. Why would android even allow such restrictions to be enabled in the first place?

Because mobile computers are the antithesis of personal computers -- you don't get to really own and control the very expensive device you bought. That people accepted this is an example of how truly powerless (or just ignorant) consumers are.

its not that they're 'powerless'. It's that 99.8% of people just don't care. They want it the way it is.

Re: Why MPs have two mobile phones

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Post by jen20 » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 5:13 AM UTC

toast0 wrote: post #30

t0mas88 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We offer the choice to all employees, either get a company phone which we pay for or a reimbursement for the costs of using your private phone plan for work if you only want to carry one phone. We pay $ 60 / month + whatever costs you make for travel or international calling in that case. Out of ~150 people I think 140+ choose to use their private phone for work. We had expected that to be very different.

I understand why you would want separate phones, but if you end up needing to carry two phones, it'sa big pain. Phones are pretty big these days, and finding room in your pocket(s) for two is hard. Figuring out which one to pull out when one buzzes is tricky. Charging two phones is harder than charging one. Practicality wins over privacy almost all the time, but thanks for making the option.

My approach is to use a dual SIM iPhone, and cut the work SIM off when I’m not working. It works well!

Re: Why MPs have two mobile phones

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Post by syntheticcorp » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 7:33 AM UTC

t0mas88 wrote: post #20

bmsleight_ wrote: post #13

I am not alone by having two phones. One personnel and one work. Knowing that the work phone I do not the phone or the data or anything. I also guard my own phone number like a hawk.

We offer the choice to all employees, either get a company phone which we pay for or a reimbursement for the costs of using your private phone plan for work if you only want to carry one phone. We pay $ 60 / month + whatever costs you make for travel or international calling in that case. Out of ~150 people I think 140+ choose to use their private phone for work. We had expected that to be very different.

Where I work roughly 80% of people have taken a similar deal to that you described and have the two phones option. It may be because I work in infosec but two phones is nothing unusual amongst my coworkers and the industry at large.

Re: Why MPs have two mobile phones

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Post by t0mas88 » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 7:03 AM UTC

syntheticcorp wrote: post #33

t0mas88 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We offer the choice to all employees, either get a company phone which we pay for or a reimbursement for the costs of using your private phone plan for work if you only want to carry one phone. We pay $ 60 / month + whatever costs you make for travel or international calling in that case. Out of ~150 people I think 140+ choose to use their private phone for work. We had expected that to be very different.

Where I work roughly 80% of people have taken a similar deal to that you described and have the two phones option. It may be because I work in infosec but two phones is nothing unusual amongst my coworkers and the industry at large.

We had expected the same to happen here, were surprised it didn't. More than half the team are developers and ops.

Re: Why MPs have two mobile phones

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Post by permo-w » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 12:12 AM UTC

nexuist wrote: post #29

permo-w wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iOS definitely stops it to an extent you can’t screen record or screenshot netflix or disney+ it doesn’t explicitly block it, but the screen just comes out black or stuck on a single frame whether that’s a feature or an exploit, I don’t know, but it doesn’t seem too unreasonable

It is blocked on iOS but it's not the app's choice, it has to do with the video player utilizing DRM decoding hardware (Widevine-esque). That's why screenshots can be blocked on Netflix but not on Snapchat.

I was not aware. thank you for the explanation