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How much privacy would i be sacrificing to have my work email on my personal phone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Today@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm non-techy. I work for a public school district and visit with kids in about a dozen schools. I like having my work email on my phone so teachers can get in touch if they need me. For years we've just used the outlook app with no real issues that I've noticed. We're seeing more and more micromanagement and it sucks. We recently got notice that we have to install Cisco Duo on our phones if we want to have our email on it. Should i do that? Or just say no and be ok with being out of contact?

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[–] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm forgetting the episode but darknet diaries podcast had one where a guy took revenge against a former employer and wiped out an entire schools email system and wiped all phones that has logged into the school email. This was done from compromising the school's outlook admin account.

That was the first time i learned that logging into the employer email could give them the level of control over your device. Fortunately i never have done that for the #2 reason.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

There are usually a couple more steps beyond just signing in. Sometimes it will require an app or you get a big warning stating hey, the employer is going to gain a ton of access on here, do you agree?