While you’re not wrong, and the only thing worse is possibly printers; just like printers, it’s a necessary evil.
It’s bluntly the only way to manage a fleet of devices. It sucks, but it’s required.
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yemmly@lemmy.world 8 months ago
MDM is a scourge upon the earth
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Better than nothing
mean_bean279@lemmy.world 8 months ago
As opposed to completely unmanaged devices with software and hardware that I have zero idea what exploits are available for it?
If it’s because you’ve had some dumbass BYOD policy then that’s a you problem. I always tell my users to not put company policies on their private devices. On company devices, and especially government, I want my capacity to control my domain better.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 8 months ago
Exactly.
Also be aware that if you add an Outllook account to iOS, IT may be able to wipe your entire phone.
yemmly@lemmy.world 8 months ago
To clarify: I’m not opposed to the concept of MDM, but the available solutions for implementing it are garbage. The MDM agent is one of the first things a nation state attacker goes after because it’s ubiquitous and usually worse code than the OS itself.