Buy Your Organization Devices

Bring Your Own Device is an appealing concept for many users.

But when companies require installing software such as VMWare's Air Watch [1] which restrict usage and allow for monitoring and remote wipe, short of leaving your job and taking it with you, to what extent is it really your own device anymore?

Market survey types are predicting continued rises in BYOD rollouts[2] but is it ethical to have employees paying for company controlled devices?

[1] https://www.air-watch.com/solutions/bring-your-own-device-byod/ [2] https://www.enterprisemobilityexchange.com/news/fast-facts-we-haven’t-reached-byod’s-potential-yet

Personally, I'm somewhat insulated from this as a contractor, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth working in environments with this happening. Interested in views of others though.