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Sprint Faces Backlash For Adding MDM Software To Devices (csoonline.com)
itwbennett writes: On Wednesday, Sprint customer Johnny Kim discovered an in-store technician adding MDM software to his personal iPhone 6 without prior notice or permission. Kim took to Twitter with his complaint, sparking a heated conversation about privacy and protection. One expert who commented on the issue told CSO's Steve Ragan that 'it's possible Sprint sees the installation of MDM software as an additional security offering, or perhaps as a means to enable phone location services to the consumer.' But, as Ragan points out, 'even if that were true, it's against [Sprint's] written policy and such offerings are offered at the cost of privacy and control over the user's own devices.' (MDM here means "Mobile Device Management.")
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I had a job interview at a multi-billion-dollar company a few years ago. The IT department wasn't allowed to license anti-virus or anti-spyware utilities because the software companies weren't in the multi-billion-dollar league, as any purchase from a smaller company would be seen as an "endorsement" by the larger company. (The hiring manager made it sound like the Prime Directive from Star Trek.) The IT techs spent all their time manually removing spyware and viruses from laptops. Unless the laptop got hosed, they weren't allowed to reimage the laptop. I turned down the job offer.