Would be fine if the person is having to BYOD as the phone is already theirs (which is how I took it at least). Obviously flashing a custom ROM of any sort without approval on a device that you don’t own, and would have to give back to the company is a bad idea. The same would apply to installing a different OS on a work PC (which tend to have the BIOS locked to prevent changing things or being able to simply boot an install USB). But I think managed phones with the level of being able to wipe the device remotely would also already be blocking access to developer options. Along with other stuff needed to unlock the needed stuff for flashing other ROMs (though I haven’t flashed a ROM in a while and never had a work phone so I might be wrong).
But if the company tries to take “ownership” of your personal device that you pay/paid for without providing a company owned device. Then it would be best to try and find a different employer, and/or use an old phone you don’t use or get a low-end/cheap phone while working for them. But only go with that option if they provide a SIM/eSIM for service that they are paying for.
Inform yourself before making these statements. It’s a more secure, hardened version of the official OS. It is not rooted nor is it displayed to the employer as anything other than Android.
This has nothing to do with the way the OS works, and everything to do with corporate policy. This would be against the IT policy at most companies, and circumventing their ability to remotely manage the device could easily get you fired.
I’m just being realistic. Some companies will fire you over this, at it will be “for cause” so you won’t even be eligible for unemployment. If you can afford to lose your job, you can afford to buy your own phone for personal use. But if you want to take that risk, I won’t stop you.
Ah. So graphene DOES have a system where it takes your entire existing OS, shrinks all the partitions on disk, installs itself around that, AND prevents the monitoring software from reporting that your 512 GB device is now actually a 128 GB one?
Well color me surprised.
Or, you know, more likely you end up wiping the existing OS by effectively factory resetting it. And then you ping the management software server saying “I need to reinstall your spyware” which triggers a flag that IT may or may not care about. Similarly, said spyware now wonders why your phone’s storage shrunk so massively and raises another flag.
Considering I have to deal with these kinds of security concerns on the regular as part of my professional life… kind of.
But you are just switching to ad hominem because your non sequitor “gimme updoots” response to a thread title is nonsense and you can’t admit that. So… I strongly encourage you to wipe your work phone and install graphene with an isolated partition for google/work android and see what happens.
Tell me you don’t understand the OS without saying you don’t understand the OS.
Do you really think it’s a good idea to install an unofficial OS on a device your employer owns without their permission?
Would be fine if the person is having to BYOD as the phone is already theirs (which is how I took it at least). Obviously flashing a custom ROM of any sort without approval on a device that you don’t own, and would have to give back to the company is a bad idea. The same would apply to installing a different OS on a work PC (which tend to have the BIOS locked to prevent changing things or being able to simply boot an install USB). But I think managed phones with the level of being able to wipe the device remotely would also already be blocking access to developer options. Along with other stuff needed to unlock the needed stuff for flashing other ROMs (though I haven’t flashed a ROM in a while and never had a work phone so I might be wrong).
But if the company tries to take “ownership” of your personal device that you pay/paid for without providing a company owned device. Then it would be best to try and find a different employer, and/or use an old phone you don’t use or get a low-end/cheap phone while working for them. But only go with that option if they provide a SIM/eSIM for service that they are paying for.
Again, someone who knows nothing about the OS.
Inform yourself before making these statements. It’s a more secure, hardened version of the official OS. It is not rooted nor is it displayed to the employer as anything other than Android.
Stop making uniformed statements.
This has nothing to do with the way the OS works, and everything to do with corporate policy. This would be against the IT policy at most companies, and circumventing their ability to remotely manage the device could easily get you fired.
Oh, no. Anyway…
Seriously, people shilling for business policy over privacy in this commentary is wild.
I’m just being realistic. Some companies will fire you over this, at it will be “for cause” so you won’t even be eligible for unemployment. If you can afford to lose your job, you can afford to buy your own phone for personal use. But if you want to take that risk, I won’t stop you.
Ah. So graphene DOES have a system where it takes your entire existing OS, shrinks all the partitions on disk, installs itself around that, AND prevents the monitoring software from reporting that your 512 GB device is now actually a 128 GB one?
Well color me surprised.
Or, you know, more likely you end up wiping the existing OS by effectively factory resetting it. And then you ping the management software server saying “I need to reinstall your spyware” which triggers a flag that IT may or may not care about. Similarly, said spyware now wonders why your phone’s storage shrunk so massively and raises another flag.
Are you mental?
Considering I have to deal with these kinds of security concerns on the regular as part of my professional life… kind of.
But you are just switching to ad hominem because your non sequitor “gimme updoots” response to a thread title is nonsense and you can’t admit that. So… I strongly encourage you to wipe your work phone and install graphene with an isolated partition for google/work android and see what happens.