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by throwawaygh 1858 days ago
Re: Mac vs. iOS: Personal iOS devices are used to access all sorts of critical business infrastructure, but are rarely locked down and monitored to the same extent as corporate-issued laptops.

I can access Slack, 2FA codes, corporate email, ... on both devices. But my corporate laptop is super locked down and uses a special app store, whereas on my personal device I can install whatever the hell I want (and not just in practice -- I'm not aware of any corporate policy at my employer that prohibits installing arbitrary 3rd party apps on the same device that has access to your corporate slack account... seems like a huge oversight)

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Personally, my employer locks down desktop PCs far more than phones, in part because desktop PCs have access to secrets like encryption keys and source code. Phones are just used for 2FA codes, email and video calls (all of which you can also do on your PC).

This is not compatible with an argument that phones are more important to secure.