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Some Apple employees are reportedly required to link their personal iCloud with their work account/devices, so there's probably no bright line there. It could have been a personal device that was linked to her work account, or a work device linked to her personal iCloud.

https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icl...

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This is not explicitly true. They are allowed to create their an account separate from their personal one.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28242037

Even the article itself mentions this:

> Employees could pause during onboarding and say they want to create a new Apple ID specifically for work or use a different phone. But most do not.

This "Apple forces you to link personal with work" meme keeps coming up but it's evidently not entirely true.

Keep your work phone separate from your personal phone: This simple dictum has served me well. Enmeshing your work and personal lives on the same device, complete with MDM policies, can wreak havoc, and it’s not just about maintaining boundaries between work and personal time.

My decision to carry two devices has proved to be a lifesaver during the pandemic wherein boundaries between life and work have been blurred almost to oblivion.

Update: punctuation

> Keep your work phone separate from your personal phone

Especially if your employer owns the phone or pays the bill.

> Apple employees are reportedly required to link their personal iCloud with their work account/devices

That's a big fuckin' nope and likely illegal.

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