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Two lives, one device

The hardware belongs to one party and some of what is on it belongs to the other. Almost every difficulty follows from that.

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One Device, Two Owners of the Data

The hardware belongs to one party and some of what is on it belongs to the other. Almost every difficulty in this subject comes from that single fact.

The Container and What It Actually Separates

Work profiles do most of what they promise. Understanding the edges is what prevents both false reassurance and unnecessary suspicion.

Family, Shared Devices and Other Users

The personal device is frequently not one person's. Household use is normal, unavoidable and almost never addressed in a policy.

Out of Hours on a Device You Own

Work applications on hardware the employee owns mean work is present wherever the person is. This is the largest cost of the arrangement and it appears in no calculation.

Travel, Borders and hardware the employee owns

Crossing a frontier with a device holding company data raises questions nobody has usually considered, and the device being personal makes them harder rather than easier.

What the Employer Can See, Honestly

The specific answer, because the general worry is larger than the configuration and the reassurance is only worth anything if it is accurate.

Photographs, Messages and the Things People Fear

The specific worries that make people refuse or resent BYOD, most of which are unfounded and one of which is not.

Whose Device, Whose Data