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by contingencies 4684 days ago
Wiping properly is difficult. You would probably find it easier to simply purchase a disk at the destination (if you need bare metal performance), or use encrypted VMs for all work. Better yet, where at all possible, don't expect your people to move around, and allow them to work remotely from their chosen location. Good for the planet, good for (many technical) employees (most of the time), good for the security of corporate data.
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Encrypted VMs won't work in the UK. You can be told to give access to them and have to comply. It could work with deniable encryption, but that's not an option for current phones / tablets.
Good points.

Personally I ditched mobile devices entirely a few weeks ago when the SIM java hacks became public. (Amusingly, I've since run in to well known mobile network provider architects in Europe who were totally unaware of the issue... but then, what's new?)