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Company Requiring Invasive MS app to use Teams/Outlook on Phone
(thelemmy.club)
My company just started requiring Microsoft Intune Company Portal app to use Teams and Outlook. From a friend in IT infosec at another company said the app can push apps, require certain settings, password requirements, or OSs, and can see a lot of stuff on your phone. I don't think this level of intrusion into my personal phone is warranted or ethical. Be warned. I'm just going to uninstall and suffer the internal political consequences.
This is correct.
In order to keep your work data in a company managed container, the Company Portal app is required on Android. Even if the information they can gather is limited (ie simpler App management policies) it does open the door to potential privacy risk.
You don’t own the data in the corporate systems. Your rights to privacy vary by jurisdiction. If you don’t want the app, you may be entitled to remove the company data from your device. It’s unfortunate and a pain in the butt.