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[dmr727]

Which is no help if your employer uses Office 365.

A good reason to separate your work and personal devices. My wife works at a hospital and had been using some app that has to follow HIPAA rules, and I come to discover her phone had a management profile when it updated to iOS 26 on its own. She did some digging and also discovered that her hospital had the ability to wipe her phone at any time.

Yeah, eff that. We got her a new device right away.

 

[I7guy]

A good reason to separate your work and personal devices. My wife works at a hospital and had been using some app that has to follow HIPAA rules, and I come to discover her phone had a management profile when it updated to iOS 26 on its own. She did some digging and also discovered that her hospital had the ability to wipe her phone at any time.

Yeah, eff that. We got her a new device right away.

my personal device has work stuff in it and my company provides a generous stipend covering the cost of the line and phone.

There is a management profile installed and there are a few restrictions with work apps in place and my company can wipe my phone. It has happened zero times. So I’ll take my chances.

 

[decafjava]

I do have separate work and personal devices, I still want to have access to Outlook and other Office apps on my personal computer for those times I need to work from home - for the same reason I have some on my phone and that is mostly to communicate with students.

 

[dmr727]

There is a management profile installed and there are a few restrictions with work apps in place and my company can wipe my phone. It has happened zero times. So I’ll take my chances.

Obviously you're free to do whatever you want, but I want my phone to be my phone. If I woke up one day to see iOS 26 installed without my permission, I'd be pissed.

 

[I7guy]

Obviously you're free to do whatever you want, but I want my phone to be my phone. If I woke up one day to see iOS 26 installed without my permission, I'd be pissed.

Ah. I misunderstood as I thought there was an automatic update to iOS 26. Didn’t realize your company pushed the update.

The profile installed does not allow for that. However the mdm software can disconnect your phone from the company network if you dont keep iOS (or android) up to date.

 

[dmr727]

However the mdm software can disconnect your phone from the company network if you dont keep iOS (or android) up to date.

I can see why they do that!