[click170]

I'm a stickler about this. Beyond answering the odd phone call or message, I have a hard time seeing it as anything but the company unfairly attempting to externalize costs onto their employees.

Just like you give me a work computer to do work related tasks on, the same should go for mobile devices.

My employer used to be rather liberal but recently started clamping down on security. They wanted us communicating in the company chat on our phones so we installed the chat app. But now with the security clamp down they want to set security requirements on anything that accesses potentially sensitive information, meaning they want to dictate the security policy used on our personal devices. I told them to go stuff it, if its a choice between no work stuff on my phone and letting them set the policy on my devices, I'll go without access to work stuff. I'm not going to play that game with you, yes I'm willing to be That Guy that takes a stand on this.

The real irony is that my security policy at home is more strict than the one at work, but they conflict somewhat and I'm not willing to reduce my home security to accommodate them.

[wyldfire]

> Just like you give me a work computer to do work related tasks on, the same should go for mobile devices.

I'm issued a mobile phone by my employer. Today I don't have any option to "carve out" a niche for my personal activity on my phone. AFAIK they can know anything and everything. Google Play for Work sounds like it would help out here.

[Sanddancer]

I was issued a work phone too. I decided it was much more worth it to carry around two phones, with my work phone in my bag for the .01% of the time they actually needed to get in touch with me. Work only needs to know my work number, they shouldn't, nor needn't, care what I do on the 80+% of the time I'm not on their clock.