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Probably both. It’s fairly common to be able to add your work email to your personal phone. That gives the Outlook administrator the ability to monitor what’s installed and remotely nuke data.

It’s extremely useful to get your work email on your phone when your job requires you to be somewhat available all the time which represents a lot of senior jobs in the EU institutions.

There are plenty of potential work reasons to have TikTok. Public affairs, event planning are most obvious.

Not everyone works in public affairs. Those who need it can carry a specific phone that only has TikTok and nothing else.

Security researchers download nasty stuff but don't run it on their usual work laptops or networks.

True. But if TikTok is used as a nation state spy tool, installing it on your personal device with corporate mail is a risk.

Note that I’m not a believer in the evil of TikTok beyond what it is on its face. The performative aspect of it is absurd!

Exactly. Even if it isn't technically block, it must contravene Acceptable User Policies.