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Let me explain: if you want to read your work email and access work files on your personal phone at most large companies, you need to install a mobile device management app like Lookout, Microsoft Intune, etc. These have deep spying permissions on your phone. Burners are just a phone without that.

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Don't know why you would want to do that on your personal phone. I ain't reading any work stuff on my personal phone, even if they are willing to pay for it. Let them give me a work phone if they think it's important that I have access to work stuff on the go, outside the office.

Absolutely. What I find slightly disturbing is that there are plenty of people who are more than willing to do this with their personal property. What's worse, I've had some of them rage at me for arguing against it and refusing to "comply". I don't like that weakness become the norm, and then enforced. The company has no rights to one's personal property.

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