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this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
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My job wanted everyone to install Teams on our personal devices. I really didn't want to but reluctantly agreed until I found Teams wouldn't work without some other Microsoft app whose purpose was to reformat my system files into two sections which were personal and work. I said I would not allow that on my personal device and if they needed me to have teams they could provide a work phone. They looked as though it was the most unreasonable thing they've ever heard. I feel like 20 years ago this was the exact thing people were warning us about when installing programs from the internet, now no one bats an eye.
If the company is sued and your personal device is also your work device, everything in it can be part of the discovery process. If it's a criminal affair, such devices can be confiscated as evidence for an indeteremined amount of time.
This shit goes way beyond "mere" privacy concerns.
If the incompetent idiots keep on pushing for you to run company stuff on your devices, simply point out that it would legally expose you to the company's legal affairs.
In a security audit the personal device also probably becomes "in scope".
Honestly, you are supposed to keep personal and work devices separate. Not only does it provide work life balance, but it also avoids lawsuits.
Yes, people have sued workplaces for infrigement of privacy
There is a fine line between work and personal life that should never be crossed!!!
I went through this exact same thing at a previous job, and they also reacted like I was speaking another language. These weren't dumb people either, but they were very much the types who had never spared a thought to anything about technology, much less privacy.
They eventually offered to pay me a monthly stipend and put it back on me to use that to buy a work phone or just pocket the $. I didn't feel like going through that hassle, so I caved and just kept the money.